An early version of Windows introduced in 1987. Using the Virtual 8086 Mode of the 386 CPU, it enabled multiple DOS applications to be run simultaneously. It was never very popular, but was the ...

you’ll have read that [Linus Torvalds] developed his first kernel for his Intel 386-based computer. Though the 386 architecture is now ancient, the current Linux kernel can still be compiled for ...

Nobody knew it would evolve into the world's largest desktop computer standard. Subsequent 32-bit 386, 486 and Pentium CPUs also included a 16-bit operating mode to conform to the original ...