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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by gaius on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:13PM (#13134793)
Would you rather we were in a world where the 6502 was still current-generation hardware and any hillbilly with a fab in their shed could crank out a top-end CPU?

In a heartbeat!

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Re:Intel x86 documentation has more pages than the 6502 has ... by astrodust on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:00AM (#13136784)
Play more Fallout then. That's what that world looks like.

I'd rather live here where if you wanted you could tape out some 60nm chips for less than it costs to print some posters.

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