alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca ) to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoLinux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support [previous version had actual i486 CPU support]www.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up127cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ziplinux@programming.dev
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minus-squareMidnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoI guess if youre still running Windows 3.1 or 95 you might be a little upset - but these CPUs haven’t been manufactured in nearly 30 years.
minus-squarevaionko ( vaionko@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoThey’ve been used in embedded systems until very recently. You can even still buy one.
minus-squareMidnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYou make a good point about embedded systems, but these chips were discontinued in 2007. Just because you can still buy vacuum tubes, doesn’t mean you should.
I guess if youre still running Windows 3.1 or 95 you might be a little upset - but these CPUs haven’t been manufactured in nearly 30 years.
They’ve been used in embedded systems until very recently. You can even still buy one.
You make a good point about embedded systems, but these chips were discontinued in 2007.
Just because you can still buy vacuum tubes, doesn’t mean you should.