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submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would've been the 286. Practically ancient history

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

And no MMU, so basically impossible to implement real multi tasking.