1998 – 2001murdered
Dreamcast
“First console online, first console off our shelves too soon.”
“Half the bus, twice the legacy: the little chip that booted the PC age.”
The Intel 8088, also called the iAPX 88, arrived on June 1, 1979 as a variant of the Intel 8086, swapping its sibling's 16-bit external data bus for an eight-bit one. Crucially, the 16-bit registers and one megabyte address range were unchanged, and per Intel's own documentation the two chips shared the same execution unit. That frugal design made it cheap to build systems around, which is exactly why IBM chose it fo
Its stint inside the IBM PC and the clones that followed made the 8088 the quiet foundation of an entire industry, a run that lasted until its retirement in 1998. It wasn't killed off so much as gracefully eased into emeritus status after nearly twenty years. Every PC that came after owes it a nod of respect at the door.
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“First console online, first console off our shelves too soon.”
“Guarana-fueled and gone too soon — even its fans filed a formal protest.”
“Warm cookies, warm bikes, cold math — gone in under an hour, just like the deliveries.”