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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 month 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-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoOh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoThat would’ve been the 286. Practically ancient history
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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.