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One interesting thing about the 712 "Gecko" was that it had a bi-endian CPU. So it could run HPUX in big endian, and Windows NT in little endian.

• ginko 6y ago
  ARM also allows you to change the endianness. ARMv7: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.kui0100a/armasm_cjacabbf.htm http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.... ARMv8: https://developer.arm.com/docs/den0024/latest/armv8-registers/endianness https://developer.arm.com/docs/den0024/latest/armv8-register...
  • rbanffy 6y ago
    IIRC POWER can also do that.
    • arcticbull 6y ago
      PowerPC too. Most of them anyways, with the notable exception of the 970 (“G5”)
      • protomyth 6y ago
        The 970 was such a pain because of this, Virtual PC needed it to emulate the x86. I remember a massive delay.