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by kjs3 701 days ago
There was the Ross SPARCPlug[1] that was a whole Sun SPARCStation 20 clone the size of a 5.25" hard drive. Now you can have your Unix workstation and Windows machine in one box![2]

[1] http://www.bitsavers.org/components/rossTechnology/Ross_SPAR... [2] It was a way better idea than reality, mostly because M-bus CPUs ran really, really hot so the whole thing was kinda flaky and loud.

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SPARCPlug is such a great name for it too!