▲ | xyzzy3000 3 days ago | |||||||
The various Sun 'JavaStation' NC models retain the SPARC CPUs of their workstation line - they definitely do not use ARM. JavaOS was in ROM, on a module that can be removed (SIMM-style form factor). At one point people started to use BOOTP to run Linux compiled for SPARC as a replacement, as JavaOS was unpleasantly slow on JavaStation hardware. | ||||||||
▲ | skissane 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Thanks, I stand corrected about the CPU So Sun Network Computers were JavaOS on SPARC, Oracle were NCOS (Acorn RiscOS derivative) on ARM – and I think IBM's had a similar tech stack to Oracle's... were there any others? | ||||||||
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