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Ask HN: What is the weirdest Hardware you have used as a workstation

4 points by arthem 5 years ago · 4 comments


AnimalMuppet 5 years ago

There was a development machine for an embedded system that had dual 8085 (!) processors. With those processors, you'd guess that it didn't do a GUI, and you'd be right. It didn't even multitask between processors in the conventional sense. But there was a key that would toggle which was the active processor, and it would take over the display and IO.

  • arthemOP 5 years ago

    Interesting! Anywhere that I could get some more information on that?

    • AnimalMuppet 5 years ago

      Not through me, sorry. This was about 1986, and it was an old system then. I don't remember the brand, still less the model name.

Spooky23 5 years ago

An awful SCO Unix server that was pressed into service as a workstation to maintain a contract on life support.

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