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Sun had a similar thing! >According to Sun documentation the "... coprocessor card is not just PC-compatible, it is an actual PC that is constructed from real
by nathan_douglas 3y ago
Sun had a similar thing!
>According to Sun documentation the "... coprocessor card is not just PC-compatible, it is an actual PC that is constructed from real PC components and follows the de facto and emerging PC hardware design standards."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi
- sillywalk 3y agoIBM had(has?) something like this for their AS/400/iSeries. The Integrated File Server, then Integrated Xseries Adapter A card with a mini X86 Server inside, running Netware, OS/2 or Windows NT, that could use the AS/400's storage and peripherals. https://try-as400.pocnet.net/wiki/The_Integrated_PC_Servers https://try-as400.pocnet.net/wiki/The_Integrated_PC_Servers
- tssva 3y agoFor a few years my work computer was a Sun Ultra 5 with a SunPCi card in it to handle email and office automation tasks. Both Solaris and Windows ran extremely slow on the system. It was truly a horrible thing.
- trelane 3y agoI was a student Unix systems administrator back then. We had ultrasparc workstations, with a SunPCi card. I believe a number of us hooked up a monitor to the VGA connector on it, and used x2vnc to have a continuous virtual screen. https://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html https://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html