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> The end of all the 8-bit systems was pretty obvious by '89 While it might not have been as easy to see /in/ '89 in hindsight the seeds for the rise (and crow
by pwg 8y ago
> The end of all the 8-bit systems was pretty obvious by '89
While it might not have been as easy to see /in/ '89 in hindsight the seeds for the rise (and crowding out of other architectures) of the Intel x86 chips were already well sown and growing rapidly by then:
i386: released Oct 1985 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386)
i486: released April 1989 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486)
- walkingolof 8y agoWe all knew where it was going back in the late 80's, there was no question about that, Motorola had a hard time getting traction where it matter, the PC.