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AMD Am386 released March 2, 1991

91 points by jnord

by p0w3n3d

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My friend used to have amd ~586 I think. I remember that when playing Colonization on dos you were not allowed to move the mouse beyond the right edge of the screen or the graphics messed up... But pinball fantasies worked well!

by Zardoz84

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> Technically, the Am386 could run Windows 95, but it wasn’t a great experience.
Technically not. It can run it. Was slow? Yes, but my Am386DX40 keep working fine from 1991 to 1996. Running DR-DOS 6, MS-DOS 6.11, Windows 3.1 and finally Windows 95. And, of course, I could play DooM 2 on it. At some point, I got a math copro. Finally, my father upgraded the machine with an AMD 486DX5 133MHz.

by burnt-resistor

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TI with the TMS9900 was in a similar position as IBM with the 386: both threatened their micro/minicomputer markets. This is why TI didn't release other TI-99-like machines. TI also expressed disdain towards hobbyists.
Edit: It might be cool to make a higher-spec TMS9900 home brew system.