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Re:Show HN: My website, hosted on a 386 25 MHz, 4 MiB of RAM... by guidedlight on Saturday April 16, 2022 @04:42PM (#31055922)
The 286 is a 16-bit CPU, whereas the 386 is 32-bit CPU.

This alone made the 386 far more capable and compatible with modern software (Linux requires 32-bit).

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