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From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:

> I'd actually like to go further and only support processors
> that have the CPUID instruction (that includes the plain
> Pentium otherwise my home machine would need to be replaced).

I'm for it. The 386 is dead or should be. Even the crappy embedded stuff 
nowadays is at minimum a 486, and usually newer.

Old hardware, let it RIP. Or use it for door stops, or performance art.

ron