Re: 486 still being sold NEW / was Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-12-07 Thread David Goodenough
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2011, Toni Mueller wrote: On 11/21/2011 07:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Since we're theorising, rather than talking about actual users, my theory is that these are sold as replacements for installed systems, which will run the exact same software as the original - not

Re: 486 still being sold NEW / was Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-12-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 09:43 +, David Goodenough wrote: On Wednesday 07 Dec 2011, Toni Mueller wrote: On 11/21/2011 07:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Since we're theorising, rather than talking about actual users, my theory is that these are sold as replacements for installed systems,

Re: 486 still being sold NEW / was Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-12-06 Thread Toni Mueller
On 11/21/2011 07:52 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Since we're theorising, rather than talking about actual users, my theory is that these are sold as replacements for installed systems, which will run the exact same software as the original - not Debian 7.0. It would be silly to start a new

486 still being sold NEW / was Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-11-21 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 16:30 +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote: [..] Apart from that I wonder how many embedded x86 CPUs (instruction set 586) are out there. Are they still sold in current products? As I said, Soekris still seems to have some for sale,

Re: 486 still being sold NEW / was Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-11-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 04:44:03PM +0100, J.A. Bezemer wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 16:30 +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote: [..] Apart from that I wonder how many embedded x86 CPUs (instruction set 586) are out there. Are they still sold in current