On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 09:43 +0000, 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, > > > which will run the exact same software as the original - not Debian > > > 7.0. It would be silly to start a new deployment reliant on parts > > > that have already been EOL'd. > > > > I may be mistaken, but the CPUs listed there are not original Intel, but > > some clones that still could or could not be in production. Seeing that > > these 486-class devices specify DDR2 as their memory interface suggests > > that they are really not that old. > The Vortex DX chips are still being produced, and new boards produces > that use them. They are generally new embedded boards. I love how people are still following up with information I already found and posted. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer
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