X-Nico

5 unusual facts about Intel 80386


Alexei Shulgin

Particularly involved with software art and internet art, he is a part of the readme culture, and is probably most well known for his ongoing so called "386DX" performances, in which he manipulates an antiquated computer with Microsoft Windows version 3.1 and an Intel 386 processor to perform MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) renditions of popular music hits while a synthesized text-to-speech voice "sings" the lyrics.

Application programming interface

Among Unix-like operating systems, there are many related but incompatible operating systems running on a common hardware platform (particularly Intel 80386-compatible systems).

Banyan Systems

In 1988 Banyan announced a new server, based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor, known as the Corporate Network Server (CNS).

L4 microkernel family

His original implementation in hand-coded Intel i386-specific assembly language code sparked off intense interest in the computer industry.

PC-MOS/386

Unlike MS-DOS, PC-MOS/386 is optimized for the Intel 80386 processor; however early versions will run on any x86 computer.


Architecture for Control Networks

E1.31 (Streaming DMX over ACN) is supported on Linux (ARM; i386, x86-64), and Macintosh (PowerPC; i386, x86-64) by the Open Lighting Architecture.


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