Re: People still make these older CPUs last I checked...
The 286 was discontinued in 1991, and even if "early 90's" means 1995, that's only a four-year gap. I can buy a processor that's four years old and do much better than a 486. A lot are ARM-based, but I could use MIPS boards, Intel Atoms, even some newer RISC-V options. Or I might canibalize someone's old computer they asked me to recycle for them. I'm not even sure where I'd get a 486 today, and no clue why I would want something with that performance-to-power level.
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