If you have ever studied the early history of the GNU/Linux operating system in its many forms, you’ll have read that [Linus Torvalds] developed his first kernel for his Intel 386-based computer.

The x86 CPU landscape of the 1980s and 1990s was competitive in a way that probably seems rather alien to anyone used to the duopoly that exists today between AMD and Intel. At one point in time ...

First used by Compaq in 1986, Intel's 386 introduced an enhanced architecture that was carried forth in all subsequent chips, including the 486 and Pentium. The 386 brought a 32-bit mode of ...