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		Robotbeat on April 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford just released a 386-page report on the st... 1985 is when the 386 came out (286 in 1982, 8086/8088 was in the 70s)! 486 was 1989. Pentium (technically 586), released in 1993, is what I think of when I think of CPUs in the 90s. “n”86 has the 1980s association. Generational divide, here.

etrautmann on April 4, 2023 [–]

ah my apologies, as a child of the 90s, the 486 was just what I had in my house then.

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