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On 25/01/2011 09:22 PM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] dev null> 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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