On 25/01/2011 09:22 PM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> In general though, I was under the impression that most technologies
>> don't dissappear, they just move down the food chain. For example, the
>> Z80 is still in production. It's extremely popular, apparently. And
>> rather cheap too. (I have no idea what the original sale price was, but
>> currently it's a few quid.)
>
>    Intel stopped producing the 80386 a few years ago, so it does happen
> with some products.

I've seen printers and so forth that use old x86 CPUs inside. I wonder 
if Intel stopped manufacturing the 386, or just licenced the design to 
somebody else?

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