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Intel makes the quark which is like a 486dx that runs on a watch battery. There are a few models now, but I think that qualifies?
by genewitch 2y ago
Intel makes the quark which is like a 486dx that runs on a watch battery. There are a few models now, but I think that qualifies?
- pmcjones 2y agoThe Quark was discontinued in 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark
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- genewitch 2y agostill existed, i have 2 of them. they're on ebay for <20USD
- hypercube33 2y agoThere is a spin off of Via that makes 386 or 486 clones still today...forget the name but you can find them out there.
- hakfoo 2y agoDM&P? I think their "Vortex86" range seems to be the modern take on "low-end x86 designed for embedded markets". Wonder what happened to some of the others-- the ALI embedded 386SX seems to be suddenly popular in those "Pocket 386" laptops, but I'd expect there are warehouses full of old AMD Elan/NSC Geode style parts waiting to get tapped.
- genewitch 2y agoi am fairly certain i have an AMD geode device and while it is tiny (4x3x1.5 inches), it certainly isn't low power, compared to a rapsberry pi or an intel quark. also those vortex86 are pricey, around the same price as a NUC, at least for the daughtercards, and none really looked "general purpose" although i guess a daughtercard with a computer on it was not unprecedented. apple and amiga both had such. i think apple even did apple on apple before anyone else considered if this was a good idea