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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•1 month agoAfaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoI remember reading forever ago that NASA was hunting for old 8086 processors from 1978 for the space shuttle when it was still flying. Found this article from 2002.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoYou can kind of still buy them: https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86DX3
Discontinued 2007‽
Afaik some where still used in space probes in the 2000’s.
I remember reading forever ago that NASA was hunting for old 8086 processors from 1978 for the space shuttle when it was still flying.
Found this article from 2002.
You can kind of still buy them:
https://www.vortex86.com/products/Vortex86DX3