gloriouscow on Nostr: I find this very interesting, that the 386 microcode is just sort of a wider 286. ...

I find this very interesting, that the 386 microcode is just sort of a wider 286. GIven how the 286 was sort of a janky piece of shit and the 386 was Intel's killer chip that basically cemented the PC as the dominant home computer, I think that's pretty surprising.