Happy Birthday, Intel 8086: World's first x86 processor debuted exactly 48 years ago today

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The processor designed for timesharing 8080 programs efficiently by adding 16 bit addresses to 16 bit page numbers shifted by 4 bits because who could afford more than 1MB of RAM anyway?

Klear@piefed.world

4 weeks ago

Oh neat! I’m celebrating that by getting a new Ryzen!

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