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Cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi didn't knew such thing was developed.

• ardy42 6y ago
  Back in the day, those types of cards were available, though a little uncommon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe_Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe_Card https://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/PC_Compatibility_Card.pdf https://www.applerepairmanuals.com/the_manuals_are_in_here/P...
  • Johnythree 6y ago
    The Z80 Softcard was popular because it gave businesses an affordable way to run WordStar and Visicalc under CPM. Many Apple IIs in the business world were only used to run CPM. see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard "The SoftCard was the single most-popular platform to run CP/M"
• nineteen999 6y ago
  The reverse was also true; I worked for a company back in the 1990's that provided third part SPARC solutions - probably the only company in the Southern Hemisphere at the time that did so. One of the more interesting products we resold were the ROSS Technology "Sparcplugs" - you basically had a SPARC motherboard and CPU that fit into a couple of 5.25" drive bays on a host PC. So almost the reverse of the SunPCI cards. https://computers.popcorn.cx/ross/sparcplug/ https://computers.popcorn.cx/ross/sparcplug/