Nemeski@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days agoLinux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one madearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mllinux@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoYou can kind of still buy them: https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86DX3
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoAfaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI remember reading forever ago that NASA was hunting for old 8086 processors from 1978 for the space shuttle when it was still flying. Found this article from 2002.
Discontinued 2007‽
You can kind of still buy them:
https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86DX3
Afaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.
I remember reading forever ago that NASA was hunting for old 8086 processors from 1978 for the space shuttle when it was still flying.
Found this article from 2002.