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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·19 hours agoLinux (at least the mainline version) never supported 16-bit processors. Linus started writing the operating system on his brand new 32-bit 386 machine, and he never looked back.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·19 hours agoOh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·19 hours agoThat would’ve been the 286. Practically ancient history
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoAnd no MMU, so basically impossible to implement real multi tasking.
Linux (at least the mainline version) never supported 16-bit processors. Linus started writing the operating system on his brand new 32-bit 386 machine, and he never looked back.
Oh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.
That would’ve been the 286. Practically ancient history
And no MMU, so basically impossible to implement real multi tasking.