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PCs didn't seem worth it to me until the 386s came out. I'd much rather a BBC Micro instead of a 5150 or an Amiga or Archimedes instead of an AT. So I'm not s
by forinti 5y ago
PCs didn't seem worth it to me until the 386s came out.
I'd much rather a BBC Micro instead of a 5150 or an Amiga or Archimedes instead of an AT.
So I'm not sure how they managed to survive.
- throw0101a 5y ago> PCs didn't seem worth it to me until the 386s came out. And what about that sweet, sweet 80387 FP co-processor? Ever have one of those? There was a video game which had an entire section of it available only if it detected an FPU: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_3.0
- rasz 5y agoFalcons "realistic" flight model had broken physics. The only other game from 386 era would be SimCity where FPU gives negligent speedup.