7 Dec
2024
7 Dec
'24
8:09 p.m.
On 12/7/24 5:09 AM, Arrigo Triulzi via TUHS wrote:
forgotten Intel extensions lingering in 2024 cores
which can be used nefariously
There has been an effort by Intel to expunge a lot of PC-isms from their CPUs and
ASICs in recent years. I know someone who worked on that out of the architecture
group in Oregon.
WRT IBM's interest in the 386, OS/2 didn't release a 32 bit version until 2.0
in
1991, well into the 486 era (1989).
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-IBMs-OS-2-project-lose-to-Microsoft-given-tha…