These old processors are used in applications that you do not want to fail (medical, industrial, etc.). The embedded applications in which they are used often have a long history of incremental (hardware) improvements, having to reengineer such applications is a big step backwards. In addition the newer processors have more pins, which makes the package and PCB more complex and thus more expensive, bigger and less reliable. And if the power consumption goes up you may have to redesign the whole cooling system too.
New technology is great because it enables you to do things that were not feasible before, but using a K6 where a 486 will do is just a waste of resources.
This is nothing more then a Golf with a cellphone, PDA and MP3 player thrown in. If you call a car "internet ready" based on that, then the VW marketing department has scored a major victory.
BTW, ABC calls the PDA a "mini computer", which at least at one time meant something completely different then PDA.
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New technology is great because it enables you to do things that were not feasible before, but using a K6 where a 486 will do is just a waste of resources.
This is nothing more then a Golf with a cellphone, PDA and MP3 player thrown in. If you call a car "internet ready" based on that, then the VW marketing department has scored a major victory. BTW, ABC calls the PDA a "mini computer", which at least at one time meant something completely different then PDA.
As said, 64.28.67.150 is 12 characters not 10. Still, 10 characters is possible, just enter 1075594134