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minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoI believe i686 were the first Pentium chips.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoThey were named pent-ium because they were 586. Of course, the name lasted a lot longer than the technical reasons. The Pentium Pro was i686.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoAh, that’s an interesting piece of information I just learned.
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThat’s a cool bit of computer science trivia.
I believe i686 were the first Pentium chips.
They were named pent-ium because they were 586. Of course, the name lasted a lot longer than the technical reasons.
The Pentium Pro was i686.
Ah, that’s an interesting piece of information I just learned.
That’s a cool bit of computer science trivia.