On to a 486. The ever classic 486DX2-66. The DX2-66 was perhaps the most popular of the 486 line, and was the standard platform for many games in the early 90s. The 486 was the first x86 processor with more than 1 million transistors ( close to the first processor ever, with that distinction going to the Intel i860 that same year).

It was produced on a 1000nm process at the start, moving to an 800nm process along the way. 5000 dhrystones seemed like a lot back then, and it was often converted to VAX equivalent MIPS by dividing by 1757. A raspberry Pi is something in the range of 5,000,000 – 6,000,000 dhrystones for comparison.

8MBs of RAM and a VGA adapter would have been pretty good fare back in the day. I have a nice AWE32 sitting on the shelf that would fit right in as well.

When I moved to Oregon to work at Intel right after graduating college, I brought a 486DX2 with me. It was as a sweet machine.

No doubt many of my friends will have had a 486DX2 at some point.