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by anonymfus 5003 days ago
>I can still word process on a 286 just as well as I could the day I got it - brick it is no

1982 — 80286 introduced;

1985 — obsoleted with introduction of 386;

1991 — Linux created without 286 support;

1992 — last 286 clone by AMD produced;

1992 — introduction of OS/2 2.0 without 286 support;

1995 — introduction of Windows 95 without 286 support;

2002 — official support of Windows 3.x dropped.