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Title: Any PowerPC or Sparc device that is not that large?
Post by: vuwabo on April 11, 2019, 03:53:55 am

Hi.
As title said, most of those servers are as big as a travel suitcase, and as heavy as 20kg or so, are there any device that is smaller and lighter? I know there are some routers use PowerPC, but they don't have video output.
Thanks.

Title: Re: Any PowerPC or Sparc device that is not that large?
Post by: ejeffrey on April 11, 2019, 04:34:50 am

An old macbook or a nintendo game cube would be an easy way to get a PowerPC in a portable form factor.

There were a handful of sparc laptops made, I think they were somewhat popular in the oil and gas industry.

Title: Re: Any PowerPC or Sparc device that is not that large?
Post by: tooki on April 11, 2019, 03:20:47 pm

An old G4 (PPC7400) Mac mini?

What’s the use case?

Title: Re: Any PowerPC or Sparc device that is not that large?
Post by: james_s on April 11, 2019, 03:56:13 pm

Sparcstation IPC, IPX, Classic and related models if you don't mind vintage.