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Date:      16 Jan 2001 15:50:03 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
Cc:        Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: I386_CPU
Message-ID:  <xzpn1crk0v8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Will Andrews's message of "Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:28:43 -0500"
References:  <200101160947.f0G9lKs11014@mobile.wemm.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101160915000.18917-100000@rac5.wam.umd.edu> <20010116092843.A1858@puck.firepipe.net>

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Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> writes:
> I don't think it's worth the effort.  By the time 5.0-RELEASE goes out,
> the 386 will have been around for over 10 years (actually I think it has
> already reached that point and gone beyond).

It's already more than 15 years old - Intel introduced the 80386 in
1985, and Compaq started shipping 80386-based systems (to IBM's
dismay) in 1986.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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