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Re: 80386 support



On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 01:06:12AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> pieces I'm aware of include emotional attachment to the platform
> (nostalgia, if you will, though that seems to me like an incomplete
> word for the attachments I have to the VAX), a desire to check the code
> I run on a wide variety of hardware, and the fun of surmounting a
> self-imposed challenge.

This is a good reason and I fully understand people who work with old
machines for similar reasons. I have my Cobalts too. It is just that i386
from the 1990s ("the infamous PC") is not interesting from the perspective
of ISA or design or historical value...  Would you agree?

- Jukka.


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