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by katastic 3081 days ago
It should be noted that 186's aren't even remotely compatible with 286's and 386's. And implementing a 286/386/486 is actually much harder and more complex than say, an 8086. That's why most people stop their hobby project at 8086 or 286. Because it becomes much more work to accomplish and the fun/novelty dries up.
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Probably the same applies to why there are several home brewed Z80s and 6502s around, but few to no home brewed 68020s. (-: