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Point taken. Maybe I could have been more specific, like: "For example, books on 80386 Assembly language prgramming. They haven't changed much during the last 20 years." :)
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by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 01, 2003 at 07:39 UTC
    I didn't know the 386 has existed for such a long time. :)

    Makeshifts last the longest.

      I was aproximating a bit, and, considering the fact that 80386 was out in 1985, I was not too far from the truth. :) References are here, here, and here.

      Thanks for pointing it out anyway. :)

        Wow, a bit earlier than I thought. I was thinking something like '89 or so.. considering the IBM-PC saw the market in '83, and the PC-XT and PC-AT had very long life cycles compared to modern computer generations.

        Makeshifts last the longest.