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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. :)

Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET

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Re^6: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming"
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 03, 2003 at 00:32 UTC
    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.

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