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I agree that the 386 was realitively rare. I still have one. And I remember how long it was between Intel's original announcement and 386 class becoming mainstr
by phicoh 5y ago
I agree that the 386 was realitively rare. I still have one. And I remember how long it was between Intel's original announcement and 386 class becoming mainstream in PCs.
However, at the time the 386 was announced I read an article about it. And that was long before I even had access to a 286. But it shaped me in thinking, let's skip the 286, and wait for the real thing right around the corner: 32 bits and an MMU.
- supernovae 5y agoyup, it's so weird we used to champion the "DX" over "SX" but reality is - some cache would have probably meant more to consumers in the end. BUT.. i loved it back then.. so many choices... and a few mhz did immensely matter. Breaking 100mhz - HUGE deal.. then 233... then 500 and once AMD hit 1ghz on their k5s they were top dog and stopped trying for the longest time and intel ate their lunch from then on up until Ryzen fun times :)