The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98. (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 minimum was ...

If Intel only had retroactively updated the 8088/8086 line with the “8086-2” ISA (there are 8086-1 and 8086-2 chips, but they’re not related to the instructions set). The Z80 series had an ...

Despite the apparently futility of the exercise, a challenge is a challenge, and getting Windows XP working on an Intel 486 processor from 1989 is certainly that - and it was one undertaken by a ...

This miniature Intel 486 computer runs Windows 95, but not much else 100 MHz doesn't go far in 2023 By Shawn Knight May 8, 2023, 11:25 13 comments. Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.

The Intel 8088 processor was launched on June 1, 1979, and a few years later IBM picked this CPU to be inside its first personal computer. 44 years later, the influence of the 8088 is still felt.