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In the OpenBSD world i386 == x86. And it's pretty easy to find an x86 processor now a days.

• deathanatos 9y ago
  … such as? You're merely restating the claim, without providing any proof. Consumer machines, AFAICT, are all amd64 (or x86_64, if you prefer that name). I understood the original post to mean i386 == x86, and I agree — where do you even find an x86 today (for sale, in a non-niche use case, i.e., "pretty easy")?
  • kelnos 9y ago
    OpenBSD has as a goal to run on much more than just standard currently-sold consumer hardware. You can certainly disagree with that goal, but that doesn't make it go away.
    • drb91 9y ago
      Oh I totally get this—but what is this hardware that people are still using OpenBSD with that they haven't upgraded in 30 years? Targeting i386 as opposed to, say, i486 or i686 seems like an exercise in idealistic masochism.
      • kelnos 9y ago
        I think you're misunderstanding: "i386" is just shorthand for "32-bit Intel". They're not specifically talking about the 80386 chip. The same problem exists when you consider newer 32-bit chip families in that ISA.
  • zaarn 9y ago
    I have atleast 3 Pentium machines still lying around, plus one netbook which is 32bit only. These machines are still widely used especially were replacement is expensive or even impossible