I'm honestly surprised nobody tried to capitalize on the early 2000s Java hype by making some kind of Java box (there were a few things labeled as a Java OS or a Java workstation but none of these were really a "Java Machine")

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lukego 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sun JavaStation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation

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mghackerlady 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I was aware of these, it's kinda what I meant by "None of these were really Java Machines". They were just shitty sparc machines that had Java OS in flash. It didn't have some kind of Java co-processor and still relied on a JVM. Java OS was pretty neat but I wouldn't really consider it a "Java OS" since it was basically just a microkernel that bootstrapped a JVM from what I've read. An actual Java machine IMO would have to at least have some kind of Java co-processor and not rely on a software based JVM

	▲	colinstrickland 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sun also tried, and failed, to bring to market, a microprocessor architecture for running Java on metal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAJC

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dehrmann 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Coincidentally on the front page, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45989650

ARM also used to have opcodes for Java: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle

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calgoo 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In theory you could say that simcards were / (are?) Tiny java on a chip machines.

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mepian 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Azul Systems was making Java machines a while ago.