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Timeline for When did the 386 overtake the 286?

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Jan 22 at 23:46 comment added Yuhong Bao Interestingly: groups.google.com/g/comp.arch/c/DZvwR4pQC7I/m/_o2ad_5VeXsJ
Feb 22, 2023 at 11:18 vote accept rwallace
Feb 20, 2023 at 17:13 history edited Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 4.0
NEC V-series CPUs aren’t 386-compatible, thanks Razvan Socol!
Feb 20, 2023 at 9:29 history edited Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 4.0
Explicitly mention AMD since “all manufacturers” isn’t clear enough.
Feb 20, 2023 at 9:14 comment added Yuhong Bao AMD entered the 386 market around this time.
Feb 20, 2023 at 8:20 history edited Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 4.0
Add 086 and 486 data, plus information from the comments.
Feb 19, 2023 at 18:23 history answered Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 4.0