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To: SunkenCiv

Lots of legacy applications (devices + code) for the x8086. Don’t see it disappearing in my lifetime.


4 posted on 07/03/2021 12:08:09 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: rbg81

Things that do all the “Work” are compilers and interpreters.
The upper level languages that everybody Calls “code”, really isn’t squat.
Most applications can be ported over to any hardware, X86, 68XXX, ARM, SPARC et al.
Real time stuff is trickier, but most people don’t do that sort of thing.


11 posted on 07/03/2021 12:25:40 PM PDT by rellic
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To: rbg81; Red Badger; Swordmaker

The biggie for me is auto diagnostic software to go with the USB-OBD-II cables I have. Even given that, I am thinking about buying a Mac Mini in the near-ish future. Just waiting for the new chip stuff to sort itself out.


12 posted on 07/03/2021 12:38:04 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: rbg81

ARM systems will likely have x86 emulation for those legacy systems.


26 posted on 07/03/2021 3:18:34 PM PDT by JamesP81 (The Democrat Party is a criminal organization.)
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