Comments on: Intel 286 introduced Feb 2, 1982 https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-286-introduced-feb-2-1982/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intel-286-introduced-feb-2-1982 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: neo https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-286-introduced-feb-2-1982/#comment-57484 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:04:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36756#comment-57484 In reply to garyohuk.

I wanted the 286 Tandy 1000

]]> By: garyohuk https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-286-introduced-feb-2-1982/#comment-57483 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:37:10 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36756#comment-57483 Windows/NT, Windows 386, and OS/2 killed off the 286. The 286 could switch into protected mode, needed for those o/s, but it did it in a clunky way. The 386 was the dog’s doo-dahs of a chip, and everything since has followed that architecture.

]]> By: neo https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-286-introduced-feb-2-1982/#comment-56756 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:41:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=36756#comment-56756 how does cyrix 486 upgrade of 286 like make it 486 compare with a real i486

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