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Post #AwtxUEwHbZdYrIRSj2 by [email protected] |
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Here's the not-quite-but-almost-final V2 of the 386EX board for #ArduinoX86… |
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Post #AwtxUF4R7G9vGaFyQy by [email protected] |
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Still debating putting some blinkenlights in the upper left corner. I probably… |
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Post #AwtxUFBsfa77dfjv2O by [email protected] |
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Now all I need is a 387SX.Guess I'll need to hit up eBay. I may need to buy… |
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Post #AwtxUFJKDu4K0lDrdo by [email protected] |
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Oh wait look, I have a 387SX new in the box. |
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Post #AwtxUFQPnXjwMkXWgy by [email protected] |
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Here's the backside. |
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Post #AwtxUFXVNBPYijrBk8 by [email protected] |
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It comes with a cool demo. |
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Post #AwtxUFeawp5B4jAqnI by [email protected] |
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I literally cannot. |
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Post #AwtxUFyRl0xi4IShjk by [email protected] |
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Note that the demonstration doesn't actually seem to require a 387. It just… |
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Post #Awu8jqWZFGeHGb3eWe by [email protected] |
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If it wasn't clear what the 387SX is - it's a variant of the 387DX in t… |
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Post #Awu8jqcwrXkjaO2kTI by [email protected] |
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do you think that awesome green font is complete |
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Post #Awu8jqiyV8Zbt4rYrg by [email protected] |
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it does come with a set of quite lovely large bitmap fonts in several sizes |
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Post #Awu8jqpM7Pg4CrqeoK by [email protected] |
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Curious what one of these would have set you back, in the day?From Dec 28, 1992… |
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Post #Awu8jrEWbpoJSvcl2e by [email protected] |
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I wasn't familiar with ULSI Systems.ULSI Systems seems to have been in the … |
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Post #Awu8jrel2InImHthvk by [email protected] |
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Here's the lawsuit.https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSu… |
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Post #Awu8js4dU5Ui4Y0NGa by [email protected] |
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Looks like HP had a license with Intel to produce Intel chips, so ULSI did a sn… |
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Post #Awu8jsUVvsC7Mo72bQ by [email protected] |
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But Intel had their revenge:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-22-… |
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Post #Awu8jsuONetWf4DhwG by [email protected] |
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The stories you find just researching stuff you buy on eBay. Go figure. |
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Post #Awu8jtJYs51lv7zoAa by [email protected] |
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Might make a blog post on ULSI systems, it's a fun little slice of PC compu… |
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Post #Awu8qsk7OYYGAskdBA by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow I was still using an Atari ST at that point. Several years later I… |
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Post #Awu8qssGuF4caAZ8t6 by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow and yes, users expanded the RAM of those things, because they had … |
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Post #Awu8qsyeWWB4txYEpk by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin old laserjets were tanks. my first IT job was at a bank and we ha… |
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Post #Awu8qt5O7TZ7EqhcKe by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow I worked not for HP but for an outside code supplier, but that com… |
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Post #Awu8qtSmiUHSPPeIng by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow and the models I worked on were a little later, the earlier ones w… |
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Post #Awu8qtfXx2UN2zcUgy by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow I remember reading code examples in texts about developing PC soft… |
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Post #Awu8qthfp8Br9acC0W by [email protected] |
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@mattmcirvin I recall doing test pages on them, and one i saw had over a millio… |
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Post #Awu8tAdzoG1oH0ykLo by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow wow geez how could shearing(?) a vector image take 61 seconds with… |
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Post #Awu8tAjfTAZ6YbdHBw by [email protected] |
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@stylus fixed point routines were pretty competitive with FPUs which is why gam… |
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Post #Awu8tAqP47x8tUmegq by [email protected] |
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@stylus The 387 can operate on integers as well, and in that case, it's an … |
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Post #Awu96qyXjYKZKJ786q by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow yesterday my daughter announced that she had "broken the prin… |
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Post #Awu981xKOVjZfg6gqm by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow MATH BEEEEAMS |
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Post #Awu9CTZRfIcmTX3VwW by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow can I have that floppy image please? :3 |
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Post #Awu9EzfXIOBmbb6a5w by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow this makes it sound like the main processor doesn't do math... |
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Post #Awu9F8H3Imx5IGiegK by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow YEAH I forget how I stumbled upon the Miniscribe accounting scanda… |
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Post #Awu9F8NQv43Xc3hkcy by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow it's no wonder to me they had enough defective drives to stuff… |
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Post #Awu9F8ToXL9zvqgqZc by [email protected] |
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@vxo weren't they mailing bricks around at some point? |
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Post #Awu9F8ZUCFhIDRLNPk by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow Yup! I guess they ran out of the dud drives and were like.... hey … |
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Post #Awu9Yt9dE5tEBzfWgi by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow heh, probably some significant collector value in that shrinkwrap.… |
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Post #Awu9YtGMp3HGWsouBc by [email protected] |
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@mei It's not shrinkwrapped, there's just a little sticker on it. Someo… |
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Post #AwuA5Xxb2wTy14c0ZM by [email protected] |
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@JennyFluff https://archive.org/download/intel-387-sx-math-co-processor-utiliti… |
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Post #AwuA6il2O4oNnGIVd2 by [email protected] |
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@vxo a haikuwhite hot beams of mathannihilate your spreadsheetwhy use integers |
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Post #AwuAIuenyH1oArCCsC by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow <looking at the image> ah yes, spreadsheets using integers, … |
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Post #AwuARps38VCnw4e5nE by [email protected] |
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@siguza the reason DIV on the 8088 was so slow is it actually connected to Comp… |
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Post #AwuBFwCJt2x02O18bo by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow i mean, that would be a horribly missed opportunity if you didn… |
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Post #AwuBFwHzXxUIJyffRw by [email protected] |
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@vxo nothing is very convenient to route in that direction, so i was thinking o… |
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Post #AwuBFwO1BYJAcfUTqK by [email protected] |
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@vxo Honestly if i'm going that route i might as well just make a separate … |
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Post #AwuR8xxkWbD2kctqoi by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscowJust trying to get an order of magnitude idea of the vector art dem… |
