Esoteric Devices Wiki

Computers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:27:26+00:00

Computers For computers, in all of their varying forms across all of the ages. Obviously, a large modicum of operating systems and CPU architectures will feature here. Many computers will be linked off to separate pages in the future, but for now, they live here.

Smartphones

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-03T02:53:27+00:00

Smartphones Smartphones, probably in one's pocket or room someplace. These will usually feature an ARM chip, and run either Android or iOS; sometimes a Linux-based OS will appear. Apple iOS (General) Operating Systems (various ARM) DOSBox (thru iDOS)

PDAs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:57:08+00:00

PDAs The “Personal Digital Assistants”, devices which dominated the 1990s and early 00s with their portable computing capabilities. A large variety of architectures and OSes are found in this realm. MIPS, ARM, and m68k are just some of the architectures found here, with OSes ranging from PalmOS, Linux, Windows Mobile, and more.

Streaming Players

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T04:15:21+00:00

Streaming Players All the devices that can be plugged into a TV (usually) for the purpose of playing streaming media, using apps, and so on. If that's not exactly clear, think Roku, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV, and so on (all featured here). CPU architectures are usually ARM, with the rare aberrations, while OSes will usually be Android or Linux, with occasional differences (such as tvOS).

Sony PlayStation 3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-12T02:07:59+00:00

Sony PlayStation 3 Sony's 3rd system. Releasing on November 17th, 2006 in North America, the PS3's PowerPC-based CELL CPU, 256+256 MB of RAM, and Nvidia RSX graphics at maximum 1080p output resolution was certainly very powerful, albeit very complex. Launching to mixed reception due to an extremely high price and said hardware complexity, it took the PS3 the entire 7th generation to reach it's sales figure of 87.4 million, eking it out a position of 2nd place overall for generation sales.

Microsoft Xbox 360

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-23T18:45:16+00:00

Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft's 2nd console. Releasing on November 22nd, 2005 in North America, the Xbox 360's PowerPC “Xenon” CPU, 512 +10 MB of RAM, and maximum 1920×1080 output resolution was perfectly capable for this era, resulting in a successful system which sold 84 million units worldwide, putting it ahead of the PS3 for most of the system's life (although the PS3 barely managed to sell more in the end).

Content Directory

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-25T03:05:46+00:00

Content Directory Welcome! This page serves as a directory to all of the areas documented by the wiki. From those pages, one can reach the details about other devices, if applicable. Otherwise, each page will contain all devices documented, and their respective programs.

Home Console Buying Guide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:39:23+00:00

Home Console Buying Guide Last updated 4th April, 2022. Coming soon... Buy at your own risk. Any home console's model, regardless of it's baseline, has the potential to do worse compared to supposedly inferior models. Nothing is guaranteed. On this page, is a summary of the wiki's recommendations of which version of every home console is best to buy. When determining our decisions, we base it off of functionality and reliability, not price or cosmetics. Price fluctuates, cosmetics are subject…

Networking Hardware

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:47:52+00:00

Networking Hardware Devices meant for managing and controlling a network. This does not include modems or routers; see Routers and Modems for this. These devices, unlike the aforementioned routers, will run a large variety of architectures. SuperH, ARM, x86, and MIPS are just some of the potential CPUs, while OSes will vary from Linux variants, BSD variants, DOS variants, and more.

Sony PlayStation 4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T23:22:49+00:00

Sony PlayStation 4 Sony's 4th console. Releasing on November 15th, 2013 in North America, the PS4's x86-64 8-core AMD APU, 8GB+256MB (8+1GB on Pro) of RAM, and maximum output resolution of 1080p (4K on Pro) is certainly quite powerful for it's generation. Combining this with a good launch and good games resulted in the PS4 becoming a strong seller, with current figures sitting at 117.2 million units sold. Despite original plans by Sony to discontinue the system in 2021, chip supplies have resul…

Nintendo 3DS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-24T22:53:01+00:00

Nintendo 3DS includes the “New” variants that have upgraded hardware Nintendo's successor to it's smash hit, the Nintendo DS. Despite not selling nearly as well as the DS, the 3DS held it's own and firmly beat off any competition in Sony's PlayStation Vita. Preserving the

Other Texas Instruments Calculators

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:48:05+00:00

Other Texas Instruments Calculators Texas Instruments 73 Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) Calcsys Some sort of “system program” that features a hex editor, disassembler, port monitor, etc. akin to KnightOS’ features. KnightOS "the pieces of KnightOS are maintained as separate projects under the KnightOS organization

Microsoft Xbox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:40:03+00:00

Microsoft Xbox This page is for the first Xbox system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox One, and Microsoft Xbox Series X and S. Microsoft's idea of “taking a cue” from Sony to enter the video games market. Releasing on November 15th, 2001 in North America, the Xbox's specifications boil down to a custom Pentium III CPU, 64

Sony PlayStation 2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-06-06T23:29:36+00:00

Sony PlayStation 2 includes PSX DVR Sony's record-smashing and astronomically popular followup to the PS1. Releasing on October 26th, 2000 in North America, the PS2's “Emotion Engine” CPU + GPU (16.7 mil colors; 640×480 or 1920×1080(!!) with mods) + 32

MP3 and Media Players

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-05-03T03:00:36+00:00

MP3 and Media Players Apple iPod (non-iOS) series Operating Systems (various) freemyipod Linux implementations " Currently our main focus is the Nano 5G, and an experimental source tree is available" There appears to be a lot of new development recently here for a variety of iPods. There's lots of focus for putting Linux onto the Nano 5G! Great potential here for all the non-RockBox supported iPods this supports. In other words, everything but the Nano 6G and 7G. Many of the Linux progress…

Apple/Bandai Pippin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-14T21:28:39+00:00

Apple/Bandai Pippin Apple's attempt of making a “technology platform” akin to the 3DO, except based off of their own Macintosh technology. With the first American Pippin system releasing in June 1996, the Pippin ended up being a massive failure, due to it's inability to truly understand the consumer market + the return of Steve Jobs shortly after it's introduction. Specifications-wise, the Pippin systems all came with a PowerPC 603 CPU, 6MB of RAM (8MB for Katz Media EU model) which can be upgr…

E-Book Readers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-12T02:07:19+00:00

E-Book Readers Devices that are primarily meant to read digital books. These will mostly feature “E-Ink” screens, although this is not a guarantee for an E-Book reader. Despite that, they have been included under “E-Ink devices” due to this expectation. For architectures and OSes, E-Book readers typically feature some ARM chip that runs a variant of Linux or Android.

Smartwatches

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-23T01:52:01+00:00

Smartwatches Similar to smartphones, but smaller, restricted in functionality even more, and on a wrist. Like the smartphones, these will usually run an ARM chip, and either WatchOS or Android Wear. A few of them are based off of more obscure architectures and OSes.

Conventional

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-23T18:51:19+00:00

Conventional For the large variety of operating systems out there. Of course, they'll run on a very large variety of architectures... Anything with ARM box86 "You NEED a 32-bit subsystem to run and build Box86. Box86 is useless on 64-bit only systems

Calculators

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:45:28+00:00

Calculators For the many different calculators out there that have EOP capabilities. Architectures vary, as for operating systems. ARM, m68k, z80, and Saturn are just some of the potential architectures, while operating systems are almost always custom, with a few calculators sporting something related to Linux.

Nintendo Wii

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T20:34:09+00:00

Nintendo Wii Nintendo's wildly successful followup to their GameCube. Releasing on November 19th, 2006 in North America, the Wii's PowerPC-based Broadway CPU, 64+24 MB of RAM, and maximum output resolution of 640×480 was not particularly powerful at the time of it's release, as Nintendo's competitors in the PS3 and Xbox 360 were both already in the HD 1080p era. Despite this, the Wii went on to be one of Nintendo's most successful consoles of all time, reaching a sales figure of 101.63 million …

3DO Company 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-14T18:50:26+00:00

3DO Company 3DO Interactive Multiplayer A “game console specification” conceived by The 3DO Company, with actual systems being manufactured by a variety of vendors. With the first 3DO system releasing on October 4th, 1993 in North America, the 3DO was quite an advanced system for a short period of time around it's launch, but it quickly lost this status upon the release of the PlayStation and Saturn in 1995. Specifications-wise, the 3DO ran a custom 32-bit ARM60 CPU, with 2

Sega Dreamcast

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:38:20+00:00

Sega Dreamcast Sega's ill-fated final games system. Releasing on the memorable September 9th, 1999 in North America, the Dreamcast's SH-4 CPU, 26 MB of RAM (across 3 purposes), and 16.77 million colors at up to 640×480 was very powerful for the time, but simply not enough to bring Sega out of the financial pit it had dug itself over the past 6 years. Selling 9.13 million units, the Dreamcast is only considered a failure due to the fact that it was simply not given enough time, nor a company cap…

Head Units (Entertainment/Info Systems)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-25T03:12:37+00:00

Head Units (Entertainment/Info Systems) This page documents EOPs for those screens that you see in many cars made recently, which are generally called head units. To be specific, this means the screens that show you music, GPS, little “apps”, fuel stats, and so on. Some of the older ones are based off some custom

Sony PlayStation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-09T00:20:09+00:00

Sony PlayStation This page is for the first PlayStation system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony PlayStation Vita, and Sony PlayStation Classic. Sony's pioneering entry into the video games market. Releasing on September 9th, 1995 in North America, the PS1's R3000A CPU, 3

Nintendo Classic Editions (NES/SNES)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T21:43:28+00:00

Nintendo Classic Editions (NES/SNES) Nintendo's way of making bank off of nostalgia. With the NES Classic releasing on November 11th, 2016 for NA/EU (re-released on June 29th, 2018), and the SNES Classic releasing on September 29th, 2017, it comes as no surprise that the systems specifications are not particularly extreme. With both devices packing an Allwinner R16 SoC, 512

GamePark Holdings GP2X

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-07T19:15:45+00:00

GamePark Holdings GP2X GamePark Holding's first “homebrew” handheld, being a company formed from disgruntled employees of former company Game Park. Releasing on November 10th, 2005 in South Korea, the GP2X was more primarily focused on the “homebrew

Lottery Machines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T02:51:58+00:00

Lottery Machines Either the machines used to purchase lottery tickets directly (kiosk-style), or the machines used by a cashier to process one's lottery ticket. Over time, they have evolved from an x86 base and a Windows or DOS operating system, to x86 and ARM CPUs with either Windows or Linux-based operating systems.

Sony PlayStation Portable

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-24T06:30:15+00:00

Sony PlayStation Portable PSP - Sony's attempt to truly break into the handheld market, and it was certainly a formidable attempt. Releasing on March 24th, 2005 in the USA, the PlayStation Portable was a powerful system for the time, containing a MIPS R4000 CPU, 32MB of RAM (64MB on all later models), and a

Exercise Machines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:34:45+00:00

Exercise Machines A large modicum of devices which serve the general purpose of improving one's fitness via the pursuit of physical activity. Due to how generic this category is, the devices in question will run a large modicum of systems and architectures, although it is probably fair to claim that ARM and Linux/Android will show up often.

Nintendo Switch

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-08T21:42:32+00:00

Nintendo Switch Nintendo's most recent console, and one of their best performing ones. Releasing on March 3rd, 2017 across much of the world, the Nintendo Switch may not be very powerful with hardware, but it's “hybrid” gimmick of being both a portable and home console has made it a sales winner. In hardware, the Switch contains a

Tablets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-28T22:39:13+00:00

Tablets Similar to smartphones, except no calling and they're bigger. Typically, these will be ARM or x86 based, and run either Android, iOS, or some Windows variant. Apple iPad Air 2 Operating Systems (Apple A8X) Linux One of several Apple devices that can run linux thru checkm8. Further information is available in the links below, especially the resources link.

Nintendo DS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-12T02:03:28+00:00

Nintendo DS includes Lite and DSi (ARM9 MHz 2x) Nintendo's smash success handheld console, first released on November 21st, 2004 in the United States. It's dual-screen (bottom one touch) gimmick, combined with the smart “DS Lite” redesign in 2006 resulted in astronomical sales figures, breaking records for the most successful handheld console of all time. By adding a touch screen to the bottom, the Nintendo DS essentially created an entire market of

Desk and IP Phones

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T04:01:58+00:00

Desk and IP Phones Desk phones for the purpose of communicating within or outside of a business environment; usually found in offices. Many of these are not EOP capable, but many of them have little screens which are able of doing several things. Some of these phones require little work to do this, and they are usually Android + ARM based systems. However, phones which require some exploits are more commonly Linux + ARM instead.

Nintendo Wii U

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-05T05:43:41+00:00

Nintendo Wii U Nintendo's entry into the HD era. Releasing on November 18th, 2012 in North America, the Wii U's PowerPC-based Espresso CPU, 2 GB of RAM, and AMD Radeon “Latte” GPU outputting up to 1080p (with an 854×480 screen on the GamePad) wasn't particularly capable, compared to the Wii U's competitors. This, of course, was not all, as poor marketing and a less-than-ideal launch lineup resulted in the Wii U being one of Nintendo's biggest sales flops, with it selling only 13.56 million unit…

GC Worldwide GCW Zero

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T22:55:39+00:00

GC Worldwide GCW Zero Another handheld continuing the lineage of “homebrew” devices, although certainly a bit closer to the “emulation handheld” style of systems. Releasing sometime during 2013 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, the GCW Zero doesn't seem to have sold a lot, but it was received relatively well anyway. Specification-wise, the GCW Zero contains 16

Feature Phones

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-22T23:30:29+00:00

Feature Phones Phones that possess a certain level of features, below a smartphone but above a landline phone. They must also be phones which have a “brick” form factor, rather than a Flip Phone form factor. It is also expected that these phones will have a keypad for the purposes of dialing. For CPU architectures and operating systems, it is difficult to say, as older feature phones featured a large variety of obscurities, while newer feature phones almost always combine a Qualcomm ARM chip wi…

GPSes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-26T00:28:48+00:00

GPSes This page documents the various EOPs for standalone GPS units, like your Garmins and your TomToms. When looking at the operating systems GPSes can run, they will usually run either a brand of Windows CE or some form of Linux. As for CPU architectures, it seems that most all devices either use ARM or MIPS CPUs.

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-25T02:08:08+00:00

Nintendo Game Boy Advance includes the SP and all Game Boy & Game Boy Color entries (backwards compatible) The final system in the Game Boy line, and still successful akin to the ones before it. Releasing on June 11th, 2001 in the USA, the Game Boy Advance featured a 16.8

Dingoo Digital Dingoo series

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-07T18:57:57+00:00

Dingoo Digital Dingoo series Yet another “homebrew” console that continues the lineage started by the Game Park GP32 in 2001. Releasing sometime during February 2009, the Dingoo devices ended up as a small series of handheld “homebrew” systems. Despite this moniker, some actual games released for these devices, which qualifies them as being more than mere

Microsoft Xbox One

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T21:37:25+00:00

Microsoft Xbox One Microsoft's 3rd console, and their first confusingly named one. Releasing on November 22nd, 2013 for much of the world, the Xbox One's AMD-made x86 APU and 8 GB of RAM (12 on One X) was pretty capable, certainly holding a candle to the PS4's hardware. However, it's safe to say that this was not enough for the One to beat the PS4, as Microsoft refuses to release sales figures for their console; industry analyst's estimations range from 40 to 50 million units sold - significant…

Sony PlayStation Vita

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-11-17T02:13:51+00:00

Sony PlayStation Vita Sony's 2nd and final portable console. Releasing on February 15th, 2012 in the USA, the PlayStation Vita was a capable system that was promptly abandoned by Sony within 2 years. Because of Sony's non-support and firm competition in the

Cameras

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T04:07:01+00:00

Cameras For all the cameras out there. EOP-capable ones will run a large assortment of OSes, with architectures usually being ARM. Canon EOS series Operating Systems (ARM 946E-S) File Browser (from CHDK) "Text file viewing and file deletion (with confirmation) seems to work

Microsoft Xbox Series X and S

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-22T00:05:08+00:00

Microsoft Xbox Series X and S Microsoft's 4th console, and their 2nd confusingly named console. With the two releasing on November 10th, 2020 for the world, the X and S have varying hardware, with the X coming as the “more powerful” system. Both run an x86-64 based AMD Zen 2 CPU, with the X having 16

Game Park GP32

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-03T03:41:30+00:00

Game Park GP32 One of the first “homebrew” consoles to have released, despite it's origins pitting it as the first South Korean game console of native origin. Releasing on November 23rd, 2001 in South Korea and eventually reaching other continents, the GP32 experienced little of an actual cartridge gaming market, although enough to actually be considered a proper console, rather than an

Printers and Scanners

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-23T17:56:38+00:00

Printers and Scanners Devices that print, scan, and copy. Most of these will run some ARM or MIPS chip, paired with a custom OS or a Linux-based OS. Canon Pixmas Operating Systems DryOS "now to access the console(s) of MX925" This is what runs stock on the printer. However, they have been used to exploit this DryOS, as it also runs stock on Canon P&S cameras. With some internal hacking, one can access the DryOS shell and more effectively interface with the device. This may be what led to …

Texas Instruments nSpire CX

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:54:30+00:00

Texas Instruments nSpire CX includes CX II calculators. YMMV for all items listed here if attempted on a CX II calculator Operating Systems (ARM something) Android Donut 1.6 "After about 10 minutes or so (boot ups are shorter on subsequent launches)

Flip Phones

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-22T23:30:06+00:00

Flip Phones Very similar to the Feature Phones, in the sense of “featureset below a smartphone but above a landline, with a keypad and a specific form factor”. In this case, the form factor is of a clamshell phone which can be opened and closed to reveal the display and keys. Like the feature phones, the architectures and OSes vary, as older flip phones were mostly obscure in this sense, while newer ones almost always pair Qualcomm ARM chips with an Android/Linux-based KaiOS install.

Tiger Telematics Gizmondo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-03T03:44:23+00:00

Tiger Telematics Gizmondo Possibly the only handheld in existence to be bankrolled by wanted felons, Tiger Telematics' (not to be confused with Tiger Electronics, maker of those awful LCD games) Gizmondo was a miserable failure. Releasing on March 19th, 2005, the Gizmondo's launch was marred with misery, due to poor marketing, games, links to the Swedish Mafia (through Tiger Telematics), and most importantly - spending way too much money. Despite all of this, the Gizmondo's specs weren't bad, w…

Sega Saturn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-06-06T23:11:38+00:00

Sega Saturn Sega's catastrophically messy followup to their greatly successful Genesis/Mega Drive. Releasing on May 11th, 1995 in North America, the Saturn's 2x SH-2 CPUs, 4 MB RAM (across 3 purposes), and up to 16.77 million colors between 320×224

Smart TVs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T03:00:09+00:00

Smart TVs Televisions which feature a level of capability without depending on another device. In other words, TVs that can stream, use “apps”, and so on, as an integrated function. Their OSes are usually Linux or Android based, while CPU architectures are either ARM or MIPS.

Tapwave Zodiac

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-02T20:28:45+00:00

Tapwave Zodiac Tapwave's Zodiac was the biggest attempt at turning PalmOS into a gaming platform, and it's one that almost succeeded. Launching on November 1st, 2003 in the USA, the Zodiac was very successful at launch, but was unable to keep it's momentum past 2004 with the release of the

Nintendo GameCube

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-09T23:57:01+00:00

Nintendo GameCube Nintendo's followup to the Nintendo 64, and their first to use optical media. Releasing on November 18th, 2001 in North America, the GameCube's PowerPC 750CXe CPU, 24 MB of RAM, and 32-bit color depth at 640×480 was quite powerful but somewhat limited by the

Sony PlayStation Classic

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T23:27:09+00:00

Sony PlayStation Classic Sony's entry into the “classic” systems market. Releasing on December 3rd, 2018 for the world, the PS Classic's MediaTek MT8167A SoC and 1 GB of RAM is pretty powerful for a “classic” system, which comes as no surprise considering the increased power required to emulate the PS1. Because of this, the PS Classic appears to be the most powerful of the

GamePark Holdings Caanoo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T22:30:54+00:00

GamePark Holdings Caanoo The 3rd and last “homebrew” handheld released by GamePark Holdings (not to be confused with Game Park). Releasing on August 16th, 2010 across parts of Asia and Europe, the Caanoo continued the lineage of GamePark Holding's

Microcontrollers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-05T20:33:31+00:00

Microcontrollers Similar to the Computers page, but instead for microcontrollers. They're usually ARM, MIPS, or RISC based, although not always. Some will be m68k or PPC based, and there will be many other obscure architectures found in this field. Operating systems will be even more varied, and cannot easily be generalized.

GamePark Holdings GP2X Wiz

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T22:30:47+00:00

GamePark Holdings GP2X Wiz GamePark Holding's 2nd “emulation” handheld, and the successor to the GP2X. Releasing on May 12th, 2009 across several regions, the GP2X Wiz is simply another “homebrew” console that had a few commercial games, but clearly aimed to target the independent developers. Sales figures are not certain, but it's target market means even slim sales can be considered a success, as this console received a successor in the

Ouya Inc. OUYA

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T22:31:57+00:00

Ouya Inc. OUYA The first “Kickstarter” console. Releasing on June 25th, 2013, the crowdfunded Ouya generated a lot of hype but failed tremendously at delivering it's promises. Coming with an ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a GeForce ULP GPU capable of outputting up to 1080p, the Ouya's specifications were essentially an early-2010s Android phone, which comes as no surprise as the Ouya ran Android 4.1. The Ouya sold extremely poorly, reaching only 200k sales - despite the tremendous hype cam…

Blu-ray Players

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:59:28+00:00

Blu-ray Players Devices meant to play Blu-rays (and DVDs 99% of the time). Their OSes are usually Linux-based, with CPUs that are either MIPS or ARM, although MIPS appears to be much more common. General Operating Systems (ARM, MIPS?) Linux "So yes, it is running Linux of a late 2.6 kernel.

Texas Instruments 83+ and 84+

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:51:11+00:00

Texas Instruments 83+ and 84+ includes SE models Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) 83plus Windows 95 This one is very usual like the rest. Aegis Operating System Has “36 parts” such as programs/apps and pictures. Newer than most of the OSes on this list, being made in 2012.

Routers and Modems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T04:04:44+00:00

Routers and Modems Devices that route connections on a network, or receive cable input. These will run a variety of architectures, although MIPS and ARM are very common. Operating systems will range from custom Linux-based OSes, to more conventional OpenWRT, DD-WRT, etc. variants.

Point of Sale Systems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:22:01+00:00

Point of Sale Systems Devices used by cashiers or at self-checkouts for the purpose of selling products to customers. These run a wide variety of operating systems, including desktop variants of Windows, Linux versions, and Unix, embedded versions of this software, and sometimes even older systems such as DOS. CPU architectures are not as wide-spanning, usually featuring x86 or ARM.

Home Security Devices

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:35:10+00:00

Home Security Devices For the realm of devices that serve to enhance the security of one's home. Of course, they are also “Smart home” devices, as otherwise they would not be technological enough to get on this wiki. Most of them seem to run Linux-based OSes on either ARM, RISC, or MIPS architectures.

1st and 2nd Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T03:05:31+00:00

1st and 2nd Generation The first 2 generations of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1972 with the Magnavox Odyssey and ending in 1985 with the release of the NES. This page is essentially for just the 2nd generation, as the 1st generation's capabilities are too limited to allow even the slightest EOP to be developed.

Baby Monitors

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:34:04+00:00

Baby Monitors Devices used by parents to keep an eye on their infant(s), usually with a camera and microphone/speaker. For the most part, they appear to run Linux-based OSes and utilize ARM, RISC, or MIPS chips. General Operating Systems Various Linux-based monitors

Ticket Validators

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:22:17+00:00

Ticket Validators Commonly found on public transport systems for the purpose of validating the tickets or passes of entering riders. Some will be found at cultural locations, either at high level (museums, “musical” theaters) or a low level (stadiums, movie theaters). It is presumed that these will often run a Windows CE or Linux variant, on MIPS, ARM, or RISC CPUs.

SNK Neo Geo AES

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-11-30T05:20:24+00:00

SNK Neo Geo AES SNK's home console conversion of their wildly popular arcade systems. Releasing on July 1st, 1991 in North America and Japan, the Neo Geo AES was a powerful system but limited in it's appeal and market dominance, mostly due to high prices and a genre-limited game library. Specifications-wise, the AES has a Motorola 68k CPU with Zilog Z80A co-processor, 64 KB of RAM + 84 KB of VRAM + 2KB sound memory, and an output resolution of

Oscilloscopes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:36:54+00:00

Oscilloscopes Devices meant for the analysis of electronic signals. Older ones did not have any “EOP capable” hardware, but ones from the past decades are able; they appear to run many different setups, such as x86, ARM, or MIPS, while OSes range from desktop Windows, to Windows CE and Linux variants.

Sega Master System

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-13T22:39:19+00:00

Sega Master System Sega's entry into the newly formed (again) western games market. Releasing in September 1986 for the USA, the Master System was reasonably capable with it's Zilog Z80A, 256×192 output resolution, and 8 KB RAM. Despite not selling well in North America, it's European release was relatively successful at challenging the reign of Nintendo, while it's Brazilian release was an absolute blowout, taking over the video game market to the point where

7th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T02:46:54+00:00

7th Generation The 7th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began during 2005 and 2006 (release of all 3 main systems), and ending anywhere between 2012 (release of the Wii U) and 2017 (year in which the PS3 was discontinued), or possibly even during 2019/2020 (release of final game titles on Wii and PS3). As one can likely tell, the 7th generation was the first generation to truly last absolute ages, with the 360 having been actively produced for over a decade, while…

MSXes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:22:28+00:00

MSXes Operating Systems MNBIOS "Is it multitasking? Yes, it is true, it is multi-thread and multi-CPU" Another Unixlike for the MSX, which appears to be a bit less developed than Uzix, albeit still capable. Offered in both Spanish and English. A significant amount of graphical and non-graphical features are available with this system, complete with a perfectly outdated looking website.

6th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T20:34:25+00:00

6th Generation The 6th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in the period between 1999 (release of the Dreamcast) and 2001 (release of the GameCube and Xbox), ending in the period between 2005 (release of the Xbox 360) and 2006 (release of the PS3 and Wii). Despite these dates, however, the 6th generation, especially the PS2, began the trend of having it's systems last for a notoriously long time, with the PS2 retaining a leading sales position until the mid-lat…

Amiga CD32

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-14T21:16:19+00:00

Amiga CD32 Commodore's final attempt of making a computer-based games console. Releasing on September 16th, 1993 for the EU, the CD32 was actually a relatively successful system during it's very short life of under a year, but it was simply not successful

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-09T23:12:37+00:00

Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo's ill-informed attempt of staving off “unreleased console” tension by entering the 32 bit era and Virtual Reality at the same time. Releasing on August 14th, 1995 in North America, the Virtual Boy's NEC V810, 320 KB of RAM (across 3 purposes), and

Nintendo 64

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-25T01:46:00+00:00

Nintendo 64 includes 64DD Nintendo's memorable entry into the 3D and 64-bit era. Releasing on September 29th, 1996 in North America, the N64's NEC VR4300, 4 (8 with exp.) MB of RAM, and 16.8 million colors at 320×240 to 640×480 packed quite a powerful punch, although being somewhat limited in scale and scope by the system's somewhat antiquated (at the time) cartridge format. Due to this (plus the system's excellent games library), the N64 sold a cool 32 million units, allowing Nintendo to cont…

Texas Instruments 89 and Titanium

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T01:52:26+00:00

Texas Instruments 89 and Titanium Operating Systems (Motorola 68000) AAShell Another boring aping of the Windows appearance (Start menu blah blah) BlitZ K* Something that’s “designed to look like a file manager”, whatever that means. Brain

Texas Instruments 92 Plus

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T01:55:01+00:00

Texas Instruments 92 Plus Operating Systems (Motorola MC68000) Console emulation (potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included.

AmigaOS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-05T02:04:38+00:00

AmigaOS Nest Listings Console emulation on AmigaOS (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included. Atari 2600 – Virtual 2600

Philips CD-i

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-12T21:51:47+00:00

Philips CD-i A “media format standard” created by Phillips in 1990, which was targeted by a variety of “players”. With the first CD-i compatible player releasing on December 3rd, 1991 in North America, the format's biggest claim to fame are it's notoriously bad Nintendo-licensed games - a rarity for the giant. Capable of outputting 384×280 to 768×560 depending on the model at 24-bit/16-bit color, with all models containing the Philips SCC68070 68k-based chip + Philips SCC66470 graphics chip, la…

Sega Genesis

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-29T02:43:02+00:00

Sega Genesis includes Sega 32X and Sega CD Sega's breakout system, which garnered them tremendous market success, a place in the gaming industry, lasting franchises, and a very short-lived market dominance over Nintendo (in Europe, at least). Releasing on August 14th, 1989 in North America, the Sega Genesis contained a Motorola 68k and a Zilog Z80, 64KB of RAM/VRAM, and the ability to output video at 320×224/256×224 (progressive) or 320×448/256×448 (interlaced) at maximum 61 colors on screen f…

Sega Genesis Mini

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T22:51:36+00:00

Sega Genesis Mini Sega's take on the “classic” system. Releasing on September 19th, 2019 for much of the world, the Genesis Mini's ZUIKI Z7213 SoC (1080p maximum output) and 256 MB of RAM is surely capable of emulating the Genesis and it's games. Of course, it can emulate many other systems too, if you hack/homebrew it. Sales figures are unknown, but are presumed to be

Digital Photo Frames

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-08T19:58:59+00:00

Digital Photo Frames Small devices used to display a modicum of pictures in a “frame” style casing. In essence, they replace photo frames in the sense of “displaying many more pictures than just one”. It appears that they almost always run a variant of Linux (or Android), paired with some ARM or MIPS CPU.

Thermostats

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:36:07+00:00

Thermostats For “wall mounted” thermostats meant for homes and offices. Ones with enough technical capability to run EOPs appear to mostly be Linux/ARM devices, but some run Windows embedded. Google Nest Operating Systems Various hacks, root

Coffee and Espresso Machines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:37:43+00:00

Coffee and Espresso Machines Devices which make coffee and othersuch caffeinated drinks. It's “difficult” to determine what pairings are common for these, but a general assumption of “Linux+ARM” is almost certainly applicable here, as with many other

Smart Glasses & VR Headsets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:58:24+00:00

Smart Glasses & VR Headsets Any sort of device that involves AR or VR, such as smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. Smart Glasses: Wearable glasses with screens with functionality similar to smartphones. Relevant for a short period in the early 2010s, then they died out. Of the ones that existed, most all appear to be Android or Linux based ARM systems.

Embedded

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:53:55+00:00

Embedded Operating systems primarily tailored for embedded systems. Like the “conventional” OSes, a large variety of architectures can be featured here. Various High Level Depth 3340 embedded linux guide Another excellent guide for getting the ropes of Embedded Linux.

Guides

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-07T21:53:40+00:00

Guides Calculator Buying Guide GPS Buying Guide The Console Buying Guides below cover the best systems for general usage and reliability, based off of their versions. Refer to these guides if you want to know the best version of game system(s) you're interested in. Home Console Buying Guide Portable Console Buying Guide The Console Buying Guides below cover the best systems for hacking, homebrewing, EOPs, and generally doing things that weren't originally intended. Refer to these guides if…

LeapFrog Didj

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T22:33:53+00:00

LeapFrog Didj A children's game console released by LeapFrog on August 22nd, 2008. Due to it's target demographic, the Didj was quite the surprise with it's relative power, containing a “Pollux” ARM CPU (like various other handhelds of this era), 32

Nintendo Game Boy Color

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-02T20:33:58+00:00

Nintendo Game Boy Color Continuing the massive streak of success experienced by the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color was another resounding success. Releasing on November 18th, 1998 in the USA, the Game Boy Color ran off a Sharp LR35902, 32 KB RAM and 16 KB VRAM, plus it's 15-bit color

Wall Mounted Price Scanners

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:22:37+00:00

Wall Mounted Price Scanners Usually found in shops for the purpose of scanning a product's barcode, so a customer can determine it's price before purchasing it. These usually seem to run Windows CE systems on MIPS or ARM architectures, although sometimes, they run Linux or even Android.

Commercial Kitchen Order Systems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:37:51+00:00

Commercial Kitchen Order Systems A very unique and obscure category of device. These serve the purpose of relaying order information from one segment of a restaurant's staff, to another. Typically, they are purchased by large fast food and chain restaurants, and are utilized by the kitchen

Microwaves

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:38:05+00:00

Microwaves It's microwaves, like in one's kitchen. Most aren't “smart”, but the smart ones are usually ARM-based Linux systems (sometimes Android). Farberware FM11VABK Operating Systems (Rockchip RK3308) Linux, for Voice Recognition "FM11VABK does not require an Internet connection or a mobile app

Data Transfer Tablets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:34+00:00

Data Transfer Tablets This page serves to document the EOPs for a very specific kind of device, which allows certain governmental agencies to transfer data off of cellular phones onto desktop computers, for the purposes of analysis or usage in a courtroom. Due to the niche nature of these devices, one cannot effectively determine common architectures or OSes.

SNK/Tommo Neo Geo X

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T23:08:26+00:00

SNK/Tommo Neo Geo X SNK's botched attempt at creating a handheld to resurrect the Neo Geo branding, complete with games available for sale on a digital storefront. Releasing on December 18th, 2012, the Neo Geo X only lasted less than a year, before SNK became outraged with the mediocre production quality provided by Tommo, and promptly withdrew their contract to use the Neo Geo brand. Such manufacturing and legal controversy resulted in the Neo Geo X dropping off the map quite quickly, presumab…

Advertisement Screens

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:19:40+00:00

Advertisement Screens EOPs for any sort of screen which serves a primary purpose of displaying advertisements, that is not just a TV mounted on a wall somewhere. In other words, this is for advertisements displayed on screens in kiosks, gas pumps, on the sides of buildings, within shops, and so on. Due to the

Nintendo Game and Watch (2020s)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-08T21:59:25+00:00

Nintendo Game and Watch (2020s) Nintendo's recent “celebration” of recent anniversaries for the Mario and Zelda franchises. Releasing on November 13th, 2020 and November 12th, 2021, the two “revival” Game and Watches are capable of doing a few things, despite their unsurprisingly lightweight status. Containing an ARM Cortex M7 core, 128 KB + 8

Tandy/Memorex Video Information System

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-12T22:04:58+00:00

Tandy/Memorex Video Information System An absolutely ridiculous attempt by Tandy to create a CD-i style gaming+media device, which was based off of a weird embedded version of Windows 3.1, and available only at Radio Shack stores. Released sometime in 1992 in North America, the VIS had an Intel 286 CPU, 1

Atari Jaguar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-15T22:04:19+00:00

Atari Jaguar includes Jaguar CD Atari's final attempt at releasing a home game console. Releasing on November 23rd, 1993 in North America, the Jaguar over-promised and under-delivered with it's dubious “64-bit” claims and confusing architecture. Specifications-wise, the Jaguar came with 2 custom RISC chips and a Motorola 68k for CPU, 2

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-01T19:55:30+00:00

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty Operating Systems (AMD 386SX) DOS, Windows 3.1, 95 OSR2, Towns OS Various operating systems that ran on the FM Towns computer that the Marty is based off. All hypothetical possibilities. Emulation Nest This device runs an operating system which is known to emulate various devices with EOPs. See the

Parsed

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T03:03:30+00:00

Parsed These are all the websites that have been parsed for content to integrate in our wiki. Eventually, all of the websites in Not Parsed will be here. Computing Lower Level Depth PCjs An online IBM PC emulator that allows one to explore various operating systems of the time.

Nintendo Pokémon mini

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T03:59:42+00:00

Nintendo Pokémon mini A sort of “spinoff” handheld released in the USA on November 16th, 2001. These little things are weak, since they were never meant to be a flagship handheld. Running off a “S1C88” CPU with a paltry 4 KB of RAM, the Mini's screen is monochrome at only

6th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T00:12:14+00:00

6th Generation The 6th generation of portable game consoles, which is another Nintendo-dominated landscape, quite like the generation before it. Almost universally considered as having began in 2001 with the release of the Game Boy Advance, ending anywhere between 2004 with the release of the DS Lite and PSP, and 2008 with the discontinuation of the last dedicated Game Boy Advance. Even though the trend of Nintendo supremacy continued unabated, the 6th generation has quite the sweet variety of …

5th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-28T22:58:13+00:00

5th Generation The 5th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in the period between 1993 (release of the 3DO/Jaguar) and 1995 (release of the Saturn/PS1), and ending in the period between 1999 (release of the Dreamcast) and 2001 (release of the GameCube and Xbox). Easily the generation with the most missed opportunities for EOPs, as this period has hardware which isn't that far behind the 6th generation, yet it significantly lacks in a level of EOPs that the 6th g…

Smart Home Hubs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:35:38+00:00

Smart Home Hubs All “hub” devices that are meant to unify the functions of a home's “smart devices”, presumably all from the same manufacturer as the hub. These devices appear to mostly be Linux/ARM-based. Staples Connect Hub Operating Systems

Ovens

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:41:24+00:00

Ovens Ovens, like in one's kitchen. Many “smart” ones exist, but little information exists out there for their specification and technical capabilities. Ones that do have info are usually ARM-based Linux systems. “GE Wall Oven” Operating Systems

Function Keys

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-23T02:18:17+00:00

Function Keys While this is meant to represent all “F keys” found on keyboards (F1-12), in practice, this page is for Apple's “Touch Bar” found on certain models of the MacBook Pro. This “Touch Bar” works as a set of function keys (in a more advanced way) on these systems. Due to this niche example of

Leapfrog Leapster Explorer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-28T23:02:38+00:00

Leapfrog Leapster Explorer Yet another children's handheld released by LeapFrog, debuting in the USA on June 7th, 2010. Similar to the Didj but upgraded, the Explorer (1st model) comes with 512 MB of internal storage, 64 MB of RAM, and a 320×240 resistive touch screen. It appears to have sold well, with the 2nd

Handheld Barcode Scanners

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T02:50:17+00:00

Handheld Barcode Scanners Essentially, this device is one used by supermarkets, warehouses, etc. for the purpose of scanning and cataloging devices for inventory purposes. In the past, these were x86 based devices that ran some variant of DOS or Windows. Over time, they evolved to be MIPS, ARM, and RISC based, running some sort of Windows CE or Linux. Nowadays, barcode scanners frequently run Android and are ARM based, with others retaining a variant of Windows on unknown architectures.

DJ Systems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:42+00:00

DJ Systems What a DJ will use to control the music for a set. Huge boards with lots of buttons, sliders, knobs, and other such complexities. Despite this seemingly being isolated from EOPs, a large amount of this DJ equipment has a level of technical capability, typically running some sort of Linux variant paired with an ARM chip.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-25T01:55:16+00:00

Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo's highly anticipated followup to the NES, which was a success only matched in market power by the Sega Genesis. Releasing on August 23rd, 1991 in North America, the SNES runs off of a Ricoh 5A22 WDC 65C816-based CPU, 128 KB of RAM + 64 KB VRAM, and a maximum output resolution of 256×224/512×224/256×239/512×239 (progressive) or 512×448/512×478 (interlaced), at up to 32768 colors. These are quite powerful specifications, mostly defeating it's competito…

Emulation Handhelds

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:41:42+00:00

Emulation Handhelds This category is primarily intended for all of those cheap Chinese ripoffs that run a bunch of random ROMs off of built-in flash memory. Sometimes, they’re generous and offer a MicroSD card. These differ in EOP from the Evercade, NES Classic, Game Gear Micro, etc. due to their unofficial/licensee nature, their cheapness or “knockoff” feeling, and their lack of physical cartridges. The Evercade hasn’t been included for it’s physical releases; the NES Classic and such haven’t …

FM Towns series

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-13T05:13:10+00:00

FM Towns series Operating Systems FINISH: Windows 95 and such Nest Listings Emulation Nest This device runs an operating system which is known to emulate various devices with EOPs. See the MSX page. PC emulation on FM Towns (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these computers is unknown; it must be looked into further. PCs without meaningful OSes are not included.

Hartung Game Master

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-13T23:14:19+00:00

Hartung Game Master Released in 1990 primarily across Europe, the Game Master was one of those miserable attempts to beat the Game Boy in market success. Online specification information is poor, but it is known to have a 64×64 monochrome screen with the NEC upd7810 CPU. Since it was so weak, it probably had alright battery life and longevity, but the quality of it's games did it no favors.

NEC PC-9801 series

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:23:14+00:00

NEC PC-9801 series Operating Systems (Pentium/Celeron x86) FINISH: Windows etc. ReactOS "It's recommended to use NEC PC-9821Ra43 with a Celeron CPU @ 433 MHz" Somewhat functional, with difficulties primarily in HDD partitioning, peripherals, and keyboard input. Support is mostly focused on the last of the PC-98s, those being the ones with at least 64

SHARP X68000 series

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-13T05:15:22+00:00

SHARP X68000 series Operating Systems (various m68k) FINISH: X-Window and more NetBSD "At first, it was ported from NetBSD/amiga" A fair amount of the SHARP X68000 computers support this port of NetBSD. MMU is required, and FPU is preferred.

Texas Instruments 83

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:44:57+00:00

Texas Instruments 83 Many TI-83 programs will also work on the pluses. This does not go the other way around. Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) 83 Windows 95 This one is trying, as it has icons and a start menu. Advanced BASIC Menu This is simply a menu for accessing BASIC apps. Does the job.

Cable Boxes and DVRs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-23T02:12:02+00:00

Cable Boxes and DVRs Commonly supplied by cable television providers for the purpose of receiving the respective cable TV signals. Often include a hard drive, which makes them similar to DVRs (being a commercial product for recording TV onto drives). Usually runs off MIPS, but ARM is possible. Otherwise referred to as

Welcome to the Esoteric Devices Wiki!

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-01T09:16:59+00:00

Welcome to the Esoteric Devices Wiki! Click below to enter the wiki! Content Directory What is this wiki about? Here on the Esoteric Devices Wiki, you'll find a lot about the obscure and esoteric in technology, from digital photo frames to video game systems. If you like the idea of Linux running on your

Audio Recorders

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:55:44+00:00

Audio Recorders Little handheld devices meant to record audio seamlessly, primarily for the purposes of dictation. Technical information is mostly unknown, but ARM, MIPS, or RISC chips may be what these often feature. Phillips VoiceTracer series Operating Systems

Bandai WonderSwan (+Color)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-02T20:29:38+00:00

Bandai WonderSwan (+Color) One of the few portable consoles of this generation to make any meaningful impact in the market, the Bandai WonderSwan and it's Color upgrade experienced significant success in Japan, which is the only country it released in during 1999 and 2000. Running off a NEC V30 MZ, 64 KB RAM, and a

Camcorders

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:54:03+00:00

Camcorders Camera-style devices focused on recording video. These are not often EOPable, but the ones that are, may be ARM+Android/Linux systems. Sony Handycam series Operating Systems (ARM?) Android subsystem "This app allows to tweak settings and to start telnet and adb servers to execute code on the system

NEC TurboExpress

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-13T22:46:23+00:00

NEC TurboExpress Releasing in December 1990 for both JP and the USA, the TurboExpress is quite simply a portable conversion of NEC's somewhat successful TurboGrafx-16 home console. Because of this, it's specifications are mostly the same as this aforementioned system, barring the obvious

Classic Mac OS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-05T00:54:54+00:00

Classic Mac OS Nest Listings Console emulation on Classic Mac OS (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these consoles is unknown; it must be looked into further. Consoles without meaningful OSes are not included.

DOS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:52:21+00:00

DOS EOPs Low Level Depth SEAL “Graphical Environment similar to KDE; Multimedia Capabilities with the SFA API” A graphical desktop environment for “DOS”, presumably MS-DOS with support for other variants in some capacity. Nest Listings

NetBSD

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:53:14+00:00

NetBSD Ports Generic Architecture Ports aarch64 port The NetBSD port for ARM’s 64-bit CPUs. Works on many boards, SoCs, and more. Forms the basis for many EOPs in this list. (eval boards) (normal systems) alpha port "NetBSD runs on almost all of the existing alpha systems

Texas Instruments 86

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:46:16+00:00

Texas Instruments 86 Operating Systems (Zilog Z80) 86 Win 95 Windows clones don’t always have to look bad, and the author of this clone agreed. Arax CE Simple but common BASIC shell. Ashell Some shell… very little to say Asm shell (Jshell clone)

Nintendo Entertainment System

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T20:32:14+00:00

Nintendo Entertainment System includes Famicom Disk System Nintendo's big break into the video game market. Releasing on October 18th, 1985 in the USA, the NES' combination between smart marketing, enticing games, and capable hardware effectively forged the path for both it's success, and the success of the video games market as a whole. Specifications-wise, the NES features a Ricoh 2A03 CPU with a MOS 6502 base, 2 KB of RAM (expandable by game carts), and a resolution of

NEC TurboGrafx-16

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T02:44:46+00:00

NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC's only attempt of entering the US video games market. Releasing on August 29th, 1989 in the USA, the TurboGrafx-16 was unable to garner a serious market share in North America, despite pitting a relatively successful fight against Nintendo over in Japan. Featuring a Hudson HuC6280 6502-based CPU, 8 KB of RAM + 64 KB of VRAM, and up to 482 colors at

Commodore CDTV

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:39:48+00:00

Commodore CDTV Commodore's first attempt of making an Amiga-based game console (+ entertainment system, in this case). Releasing in March 1991 in it's various markets, the CDTV was a miserable failure: overpriced, undersupported, and badly marketed. Based off the Amiga 500 computer and coming with a Motorola 68k, upgradable 1MB of RAM, and

3rd Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T02:56:04+00:00

3rd Generation The 3rd generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1985 with the release of the NES, and ending in the period between 1989 (release of TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis) and 1991 (release of the SNES). Can be considered as the first generation to harness a true potential for the creation of EOPs, as hardware overheads were too restrictive in systems released prior to this period.

Handheld Messengers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:07:26+00:00

Handheld Messengers A realm of devices from the late 00s, that primary served the purpose of allowing messaging on the go without being a smartphone. They usually were catered for accessing e-Mail accounts, IRC servers, or IM platforms like AIM. For the most part, they run ARM chips and a Linux-based

1st and 2nd Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T00:02:08+00:00

1st and 2nd Generation The 1st and 2nd generation of portable game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1977 or so with the release of junky LCD systems and the 1979 release of the Microvision. For the most part, these systems are utterly incapable of anything EOP related due to their technical gap compared to home consoles of the time. This is despite the presence of programmable cartridges on some devices, as they ended up dying out without much of a comeback until the late 1980s …

Fairchild Channel F

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-26T19:21:56+00:00

Fairchild Channel F Fairchild's only console, and the first console to feature interchangeable ROM cartridges. Releasing in November 1976 for the USA (1 year before the Atari 2600), the Channel F was quite revolutionary but not particularly successful in any sense. Specifications-wise, it contains a Fairchild F8 CPU, 2 KB of RAM, a resolution of

Coleco ColecoVision

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-03T03:16:24+00:00

Coleco ColecoVision Coleco's relatively successful (but not really) venturing into the video game industry. Releasing in August 1982 for the US, the ColecoVision mainly excelled in it's ability to create more “Concise” games, akin to an arcade. For specifications, it contains a Zilog Z80, 1 KB of RAM with 16 KB VRAM, an 8 KB ROM, and a display output resolution of

Atari Lynx

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-01T20:33:41+00:00

Atari Lynx Released on September 1st, 1989 in the USA, the Lynx was Atari's only portable console. Coming in at $179.95 at launch, it sold at an acceptable rate throughout it's lifespan, but was unable to crush the monster that was the Game Boy. When it comes to specifications, the Atari Lynx is a relatively capable system, containing two 6502 variant CPUs that run on a 16-but bus, alongside 64K RAM, 4 sound channels, and the obvious 12-bit color

Sony PlayStation 5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-02-05T05:42:36+00:00

Sony PlayStation 5 Sony's current system. Releasing on November 12th, 2020 in North America, the PS5's custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, 16 GB + 512 MB RAM, and resolution up to 3840 × 2160/7680 × 4320 is certainly powerful and performing well, although held back by supply chain roadblocks since launch. As of now, nothing in the name of EOPs is available for the system, although this will hopefully change sometime in the future

5th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-09-23T18:56:26+00:00

5th Generation The 5th generation of portable game consoles, which can more accurately be described as the “Game Boy Color + failures” generation (although, to be fair to the WonderSwan, it did alright). With this sort of name, it's no surprise to hear that this is commonly considered as having began in 1998 with the release of the Game Boy Color, although some may claim 1997 with the release of the Game.com. In contrast, the period which it ended is easily determined, as most would consider th…

Sega Game Gear

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-01T22:40:38+00:00

Sega Game Gear Sega's attempt to crush the Game Boy. Releasing on April 26th (15th in NY/LA), 1991 in the USA, it achieved moderate success but failed to make a significant dent in Nintendo's dominance, outside of Europe where it achieved something close to 45% market share. This was despite it's pretty powerful specifications, containing a Zilog Z80 clocked at 3.57

Kevin Bates’ Arduboy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-14T22:59:07+00:00

Kevin Bates’ Arduboy May be considered as the “ARDUBOY Inc. Arduboy” nowadays, rather than simply “Kevin Bates'” Arduboy. A game console counting more as a “tinker” project, the Arduboy is a sort of “DIY” game console based off the Arduino hardware. Seemingly releasing in 2014 as a

Tiger Game.com

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-02T19:20:53+00:00

Tiger Game.com Released by Tiger Electronics, a company notorious for it's calculator-tier beeping plastic “games”. Unsurprisingly, it's September 12th, 1997 release in the USA was marred with complaints and negative reception, due to it's paltry specifications. Even though it sold for cheap, the Game.com used an 8-bit Sharp SM8521 CPU, paired with a

Nintendo Game Boy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-01T22:05:29+00:00

Nintendo Game Boy This page does not cover the Game Boy Color. For this console, see Nintendo Game Boy Color. Releasing in September 1989 for the USA, the Game Boy was a wildly successful system for years. Containing only 64 KiB of RAM, a 160×144 monochrome screen, and 2-bit color, it's primary genius was in it's long battery life and easily digested games. Both of these features allowed the Game Boy to overcome it's weak capability. Despite this specification-based inferiority compared to it'…

Nokia N-Gage

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-08-02T23:46:23+00:00

Nokia N-Gage Nokia's weird attempt of releasing a mobile phone that doubled as a game console. Since it's games released on physical media and were relatively unique to the N-Gage, it certainly counts. Containing an ARM920T CPU, some unknown amount of RAM, and a

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-26T16:49:32+00:00

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Tectoy Zeebo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-21T21:30:01+00:00

Tectoy Zeebo A mysterious 3G-compatible digital-only game console from Tectoy. Releasing on May 25th, 2009 only in Brazil, and November 14th, 2009 only in Mexico, the Zeebo's ARM11-based CPU, 128+32 MB of RAM, and ATI Adreno graphics outputting up to

Order Kiosks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:21:56+00:00

Order Kiosks A type of “integrated tablet” commonly found at corporate chain restaurants, for the purpose of ordering meals, playing paid “games”, and displaying advertisements. Since they are essentially encapsulated Android tablets, it is assumed that almost all of them are ARM-based systems that obviously run Android.

GPS Buying Guide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-25T19:41:13+00:00

GPS Buying Guide Buy at your own risk. Similar to the Calculator Buying Guide, this page does NOT cover the GPSes that are best at navigation and satellite pinging. Rather, it DOES cover the GPSes that have the most hacks available for them; the calculators that have the most possibilities outside of navigation and position tracking.

Calculator Buying Guide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-25T19:41:09+00:00

Calculator Buying Guide Buy at your own risk. This guide does NOT cover anything related to calculation, graphing, and which calculators are the best at that. Rather, this guide DOES cover the calculators that have the most EOP/hack/homebrew potential.

Miscellaneous E-Ink

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T03:34:50+00:00

Miscellaneous E-Ink For all other E-Ink devices that are not immediately considered E-Book readers. Despite the “general” approach to this page, most all of these devices will pair an ARM chip with some Linux variant. PocketBook 360 Plus Other

Hard Drive Controllers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:29:57+00:00

Hard Drive Controllers For the small boards found within Hard Drives, which control the internal functions of said drive. It turns out that these controllers often feature relatively powerful ARM-based chips, which can be exploited for EOPs. Marvell “CN” Controllers

Urinals

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:22:23+00:00

Urinals Needs little explanation. Some companies have decided to staple Android/ARM-based advertisement screens(?) to their urinals. Swiss Invent Econal Operating Systems (ARM?) Android For some reason, these little things have a screen on them that runs Android. Presumably, it’s for displaying ads, entertaining the user of the urinal, or to “track environmental sustainability”. I hope they don't have a functional touchscreen.

Slot Machines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:22:07+00:00

Slot Machines Self-explanatory; this is specifically for slot machines found at a variety of locations, usually casinos. It can be assumed that most of them will run a variant of Linux on x86, with occasional ARM outcroppings. Veikkaus (Finnish National) Slots

Modular Tape Drive Libraries

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:21:50+00:00

Modular Tape Drive Libraries A very niche type of device that integrates a large amount of tape-based drives together, for the purpose of archival and storage. Due to their uncommon and “corporate” usage, it is hard to determine what CPU architectures and OSes are common, although it is likely that Unix-based OSes are at least somewhat prevalent.

Home Medical Devices

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:34:53+00:00

Home Medical Devices A page to document the many devices which afford the diagnosis, treatment, or safety of one's health at home. It's a relatively obscure category, but they mostly appear to be ARM devices running Linux or Android. INS LifeGuard

Faucets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:51+00:00

Faucets Water and technology usually don't mix, but for some reason (advertising?), certain brands of faucets feature a little screen that can display things. They appear to almost always run a variant of Linux, with architectures presumed to usually be ARM.

Business Cards

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:23+00:00

Business Cards Most business cards are not technically capable, thus the given page will document only “custom”, “unique”, or “one-off” business cards that are custom tailored to have a level of technical capability. With this, one cannot determine any level of

Bank Card Readers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-05-18T02:48:14+00:00

Bank Card Readers These are essentially what someone will use to pay for something via debit, credit, or digital payments. You know: tapping cards, swiping cards, entering PINs, or using some sort of digital payment method. Since they deal with sensitive materials (payments), they almost always run a proprietary

ATMs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:07+00:00

ATMs Automated Teller Machines, either at a bank or at some other place. These commonly feature a CPU based off of either MIPS or x86, and have an operating system that's either Windows or Unix based. In the past, it appears that almost all ATMs ran off of Windows variants, such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 7. Nowadays, however, the dominance of Windows continues, but with a small input from Unix-based ATMs.

Air Compressors

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:20:02+00:00

Air Compressors Self-explanatory, in that this page is for EOPs which run on air compressors. It should come as no surprise to know that these EOPs almost universally work on a “control” or “interface” screen placed somewhere on the compressor. Since not many air compressors will feature this level of technical sophistication, one cannot effectively determine what the common OSes and architectures are for these.

Access Control Systems

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:19:31+00:00

Access Control Systems EOPs for access/entry terminals found mostly in office buildings. To be specific, they're the ones that you'd enter a passcode into, tap a keycard or ID against, or something similar. Due to the relative “technical obscurity

Portable Console Buying Guide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:36:53+00:00

Portable Console Buying Guide Under Construction as of 03/25/2022. Coming soon... Buy at your own risk. Any portable console's model, regardless of it's baseline, has the potential to do worse compared to supposedly inferior models. Nothing is guaranteed.

Smart Lights

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:35:48+00:00

Smart Lights All “lighting fixtures” which have a “smart” capability which can be EOP'd. They appear to mostly be Linux-based ARM or MIPS devices. Greenwave Reality Operating Systems Linux "This device ships with an open U-boot installation

4th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-10T23:38:01+00:00

4th Generation The 4th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1989 with the release of the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16, and ending in the period between 1993 (release of the 3DO/Jaguar) and 1996 (release of the N64). Possibly the generation with the 2nd highest amount of potential for EOPs, considering the hardware capabilities of this era contrasted with the relative lack of interesting programs for much of this period's systems.

Not Parsed

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-11-19T20:59:47+00:00

Not Parsed These are websites that have not yet been parsed for content to add to the wiki. They need to be parsed! Computing Higher Level Depth Gunkies Many different old computers, bits of hardware, and obscure OSes here. Dumbphones Higher Level Depth

Atari 7800

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-13T22:37:28+00:00

Atari 7800 The true successor to the Atari 2600. Releasing three times, once in June 1984, twice in January 1986, and lastly in May 1986, the Atari 7800 was able to hold it's own position in the market, but was still quite unsuccessful despite somehow achieving 2nd place (over SEGA). Containing a 6502C based CPU, 4 KB of RAM, and being able to output up to

Mattel Intellivision

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-28T23:08:55+00:00

Mattel Intellivision Mattel's first, but oddly enough not their last console. Releasing sometime in 1979 for the US, the Intellivision was the firm “2nd place” behind the Atari 2600, but was unable to challenge the 2600's position in sales. Specifications-wise, however, the Intellivision is reasonably capable, featuring a GI CP1610 CPU, 1 KB of RAM, and a resolution of

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-13T22:35:52+00:00

Magnavox Odyssey 2 The true successor to the Magnavox Odyssey. Releasing in February 1979 for the US, the Odyssey 2 was one of the “major players” of the 2nd generation of consoles, although it may have been in last place for this realm. Specifications-wise, the Odyssey 2 has an Intel 8048 CPU, a

Atari 5200

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-13T22:36:02+00:00

Atari 5200 Atari's failed attempt to follow up their wildly popular 2600. Released on May 21st, 1984, the 5200 was a failure mostly for it's poor design, awkward controllers, and lack of 2600 backwards compatibility. For specs, it features a MOS 6502C, 128/256 colors, 16 KB of RAM, and a varying set of resolutions that can go up to approximately 240p.

Atari 2600

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-28T23:08:28+00:00

Atari 2600 Atari's entry in the home console industry, and one that innovated across the board, despite the fact that the 2600 was not really the “first” in anything. Releasing in September 1977 in the USA, the 2600 was quite capable for the time, although this pales in comparison to the power consoles held even a few years later. In this power, the 2600 ran off 128 bytes of RAM, a MOS 6507 at 1.19MHz, and could display 16 possible colors with 8 levels of brightness within each color, or 128 di…

Acorn RISC OS

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-01-05T02:03:50+00:00

Acorn RISC OS Nest Listings Emulation Nest This device runs an operating system which is known to emulate various devices with EOPs. See the MSX page. PC emulation on Acorn RISC OS (nest; potential) Whether these emulators support operating systems for these computers is unknown; it must be looked into further. PCs without meaningful OSes are not included.

Televisions, non-smart

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T03:00:56+00:00

Televisions, non-smart For all televisions which do not feature a high level of functionality without using another device. These TVs usually have a basic GUI for changing settings, picture, calibrating channels, or playing media files off a USB drive. OSes will likely almost always be Linux-based, with CPU architectures being MIPS with the rare ARM.

Smart Power Outlets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:35:54+00:00

Smart Power Outlets For the confusing concept of “smart” power outlets, which plug in on top of a normal outlet (while keeping both plugs open). Like most other “smart home” devices, they appear to almost always be Linux+ARM based. Belkin Wemo

Drones

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:54:48+00:00

Drones Little things that can be flown around for the purposes of photography and such. EOP-capable ones will probably run ARM chips with either Android or Linux-based OSes. DJI Mini 2 FlyMore Operating Systems (ARM?) Android "ADB Rootshell with PROFESSIONAL license

Pagers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:41:25+00:00

Pagers The common 90s device used for relatively seamless lightweight wireless communication. Almost all of these aren't EOP capable, and the ones that are, lack in useful technical information. At the very least, one can assume the OS on the “EOP capable

Toasters

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:38:30+00:00

Toasters Toasters, possibly like in one's kitchen. Most of these aren't “smart”, but the ones that are, either have no information, or are silly hacks like below. As the below is a hacked normal toaster, it will not count against the general platform/

Refrigerators

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:38:24+00:00

Refrigerators Refrigerators, like in one's kitchen. Many “Smart Fridges” exist, but most of them don't have EOPs. Despite this, it's very easy to tell that they almost always will run Android + ARM. Older fridges have a chance of running some custom Linux

Multifunction Cookers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:38:10+00:00

Multifunction Cookers Devices which can perform a variety of cooking functions. The closest American analogue to this would be the Instant Pot series of cookers. In Europe, there are devices such as the Thermomix series. For cookers which are “smart

Commercial Scales

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:37:56+00:00

Commercial Scales Scales that are meant to weigh food products. Almost always used by commercial establishments. While the ones listed may give an impression of “x86/Linux or Win”, there's more of these out there. It's a bit difficult to determine the likely architectures for these, but either x86 or ARM running Linux, Windows, or Android seems about right.

Boilers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:37:32+00:00

Boilers Not exactly a “kitchen appliance”, but they didn't fit well in any other category. These are the appliances which heat water for the purpose of distribution throughout a building. Apparently, some of them run Linux + ARM(?)... IBC Technologies SL 20-115-G2

9th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T00:25:12+00:00

9th Generation The 9th generation of portable game consoles, which cannot really be defined with either a start or an end. With Nintendo and Sony both having departed from this field, the best definition is 2019-present by using the Nintendo Switch Lite as the only