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by genewitch 422 days ago
Intel makes the quark which is like a 486dx that runs on a watch battery. There are a few models now, but I think that qualifies?
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pmcjones 422 days ago
The Quark was discontinued in 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark

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genewitch 422 days ago
still existed, i have 2 of them. they're on ebay for <20USD
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hypercube33 421 days ago
There is a spin off of Via that makes 386 or 486 clones still today...forget the name but you can find them out there.
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hakfoo 421 days ago
DM&P? I think their "Vortex86" range seems to be the modern take on "low-end x86 designed for embedded markets".

Wonder what happened to some of the others-- the ALI embedded 386SX seems to be suddenly popular in those "Pocket 386" laptops, but I'd expect there are warehouses full of old AMD Elan/NSC Geode style parts waiting to get tapped.

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genewitch 420 days ago
i am fairly certain i have an AMD geode device and while it is tiny (4x3x1.5 inches), it certainly isn't low power, compared to a rapsberry pi or an intel quark.

also those vortex86 are pricey, around the same price as a NUC, at least for the daughtercards, and none really looked "general purpose" although i guess a daughtercard with a computer on it was not unprecedented. apple and amiga both had such. i think apple even did apple on apple before anyone else considered if this was a good idea

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