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Apricot Computers: An underrated British brand (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Dave Farquhar | tags: apricot computers, 486-based pc, microchannel

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HamsterOS jams a 32-bit GUI operating system in a single 1.44 MB floppy disk — retro OS for 386-era hardware should make for easy living with DOS machines and software (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-30 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: hamsteros, 386 hardware, dos software

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HamsterOS: A graphical desktop OS that fits on a 1.44MB floppy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | by Donald Papp | tags: hamsteros, greasweazle, vintage hardware

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RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-27 | by Mark Tyson | tags: ram crisis, windows 11, core 2 quad

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AYANEO’s Pocket Micro 2 is now official, and you may have to act fast to get one (Update: Too slow) (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-26 | tags: ayaneo, pocket micro 2, snapdragon 865

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80386 Early Start Memory Access (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by Retro Gaming | get Intel 80386 Processor → | tags: intel 80386, early start, z386 fpga

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Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor → | tags: 8087, math coprocessor, bit shifter

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Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor → | tags: 8087, math coprocessor, bit shifter

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Intel and AMD are teaming up to make x86 CPUs better at AI, without needing a GPU (techspot.com)

2026-06-22 | by Skye Jacobs | get Intel AI Accelerator Card → | tags: intel, amd, x86

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Intel and AMD unveil new x86 standard to make CPUs better at running AI models (techspot.com)

2026-06-22 | by Skye Jacobs | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, amd, x86

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Cooler Master NR2 Pro mini-ITX system packing an RTX 5080 is $400 off in Newegg deal — grab a compact yet powerful liquid cooled gaming PC for $2,799.99 (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-21 | by Kunal Khullar | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 5080, gigabyte b860i aorus, cooler master nr2 pro

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8086 Segmented Memory was a good idea (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | by Aisling N. | get Intel 8086 Microprocessor → | tags: 8086, segmented memory, intel

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16-year-old SATA II SSD survives 1 petabyte of writes — 25x more than the drive's endurance rating (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Zhiye Liu | get Samsung 870 EVO SSD → | tags: sata ii, samsung 860 evo, petabyte of writes

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An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get Linux on a Floppy Disk → | tags: floppinux, linux kernel, intel 486dx

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AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Kit → | tags: ace, avx, x86

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[x86] AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get Intel Xeon Scalable Processor → | tags: x86, ace, avx

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This handheld x86 mini-computer is heading to Kickstarter with swappable accessories and 4G LTE (techspot.com)

2026-06-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: mogozen, cg deck, intel n150

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Linux 7.1 is here to end the Intel 486 CPU era - and do some serious legacy clean up (zdnet.com)

2026-06-16 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Linux Foundation Certified Engineer → | tags: linux 7.1, ntfs, linus torvalds

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The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by Raymond Chen | get x86 Emulator Debugging Kit → | tags: x86-32, binary translation, windows

20.

Dwarf Fortress in the Browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | get Dwarf Fortress Official Guide → | tags: dwarf fortress, novnc, docker

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Tribblix: The retro Illumos distribution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Illumos Retro Computing Kit → | tags: illumos, tribblix, sparc

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Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Radare2 Disassembly Framework → | tags: capstone, disassembly framework, arm

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86Box v6.0 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-31 | get 86Box Emulator Software → | tags: 86box, hardware, networking

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A new register allocator for ZJIT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | by Aaron Patterson | tags: zjit, register allocator, christian wimmer

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What it takes to transpose a matrix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Matrix Transpose Tool → | tags: x86_64, simd, mmx

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Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date” (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Microsoft MS-DOS Source Code → | tags: ms-dos, microsoft, 86-dos

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Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Microsoft MS-DOS Source Code Kit → | tags: ms-dos, microsoft, 86-dos

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Wake up! 16b (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Smart Wake-Up Light Alarm → | tags: x86 assembly, algorithmic density, rainbow surf

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z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | by Retro Gaming | get Intel 80386 Processor Kit → | tags: z386, intel, microcode

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80386 microcode disassembled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | get Intel 80386 Microprocessor Kit → | tags: 80386, microcode, ken shirriff