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udo@lemmy.ml to All things mac and macOS@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

The Apple Jonathan: A Very 1980s Concept Computer That Never Shipped

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The Apple Jonathan: A Very 1980s Concept Computer That Never Shipped

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udo@lemmy.ml to All things mac and macOS@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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This concept envisioned a computer that would expand with the needs of the user, through the use of modular components

https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/

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    anyone know of anything similar which actually exists? this is pretty cool

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      These industrial PC may be the closest thing available to buy now https://www.advantech.com/en-us/products/modular-ipc/sub_574d73d3-adfe-4619-a50e-cac6dc597e83

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      The closest is the Convergent NGEN, but the one more people may be familiar with would be the TI 99/4a sidecar system.

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      Sort of… But it’s very different than a computer, it’s called a Programmable Logic Controller and it’s used in industrial applications. Best game I’ve ever seen one run was Doom.

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      deleted by creator

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        Plan9 is sleeping. It works great and is actively developed, but I think it will remain a research OS. People/companies don’t want to buy a really effective solution they want a pinky promise from another company. We’ll eventually get embed windows on risc machines and it’ll suck.

        Cluster computers will still be discrete tho. OP is aesthetic and cool. future computers will be piles of servers and silly iot devices and silly smartphones

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