https://io55.net/wiki/ 2026-05-08T06:55:34+00:00 https://io55.net/wiki/ https://io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2025-09-10T05:44:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/wiki/syntax?rev=1757483058&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing text/html 2023-08-12T02:03:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/nintendo_ds?rev=1691805808&do=diff 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 text/html 2024-05-18T03:27:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/computing/computers?rev=1716002846&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-02-26T23:40:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/microsoft_xbox?rev=1677454803&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-02-26T20:32:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/nintendo_entertainment_system?rev=1677443534&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-12-25T02:08:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/nintendo_game_boy_advance?rev=1703470088&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-05-03T02:53:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/smartphones_and_more/smartphones?rev=1683082407&do=diff 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) text/html 2025-02-09T00:20:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/sony_playstation?rev=1739060409&do=diff 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 text/html 2024-06-06T23:11:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/sega_saturn?rev=1717715498&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-12-25T01:46:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/nintendo_64?rev=1703468760&do=diff 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… text/html 2024-05-18T04:15:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/television_and_home_theater/streaming_players?rev=1716005721&do=diff 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). text/html 2024-06-06T23:29:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/sony_playstation_2?rev=1717716576&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-02-26T23:38:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/sega_dreamcast?rev=1677454700&do=diff 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… text/html 2023-12-25T03:05:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/summary?rev=1703473546&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-08-24T06:30:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/sony_playstation_portable?rev=1661322615&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-08-02T20:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/5th_generation/nintendo_game_boy_color?rev=1659472438&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-11-28T22:39:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/smartphones_and_more/tablets?rev=1701211153&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-02-26T20:34:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/nintendo_wii?rev=1677443649&do=diff 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 … text/html 2022-04-23T02:35:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/home_electronics/smart_home_hubs?rev=1650681338&do=diff 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 text/html 2024-05-18T03:34:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/e-ink_devices/miscellaneous_e-ink?rev=1716003290&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-09-26T16:49:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/sidebar?rev=1695746972&do=diff Helpful Wiki Pages: Content Directory Support us! Testing Page Wiki Information Check these pages out! Home Console Buying Guide Portable Console Buying Guide Revived social media links coming soon! Affiliated Websites: ConsoleMods.org More to come! Recommended Websites: /r/PBSOD on reddit RetroRGB's System Info More to come! text/html 2022-05-14T21:28:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/apple_bandai_pippin?rev=1652563719&do=diff 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… text/html 2023-11-29T02:43:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/sega_genesis_plus_add-ons?rev=1701225782&do=diff 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… text/html 2022-01-11T01:40:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/footer?rev=1641865200&do=diff Important Links: EOP Directory; ; Testing Page; This Footer; Wiki Summary text/html 2022-08-01T22:05:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/nintendo_game_boy?rev=1659391529&do=diff 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'… text/html 2022-04-23T01:55:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_92_plus?rev=1650678901&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-08-12T02:07:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/e-ink_devices/e-book_readers?rev=1691806039&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-01-14T22:30:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/gamepark_holdings_caanoo?rev=1642199454&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-02-26T20:30:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/donate?rev=1677443420&do=diff Donate to the Wiki! We always appreciate any assistance with our hosting costs and device acquisition! If you want to help our journey of documenting and experimenting, check out the options below for where you can donate. Crypto Donation yes, we have many addresses; this is from the software we use. text/html 2024-05-18T03:57:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/pdas?rev=1716004628&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-04-23T02:34:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/home_electronics/baby_monitors?rev=1650681244&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-04-23T02:35:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/home_electronics/home_security_devices?rev=1650681310&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-08-12T02:07:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/sony_playstation_3?rev=1691806079&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-08-01T19:55:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/fujitsu_fm_towns_marty?rev=1659383730&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-05-15T22:04:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/atari_jaguar?rev=1652652259&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-12-25T01:55:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/super_nintendo_entertainment_system?rev=1703469316&do=diff 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… text/html 2024-05-18T03:45:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators?rev=1716003928&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-08-07T18:57:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/dingoo_digital_dingoo_series?rev=1659898677&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-06-21T21:43:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/nintendo_classic_editions_nes-snes?rev=1655847808&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-06-21T23:22:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/8th_generation/sony_playstation_4?rev=1655853769&do=diff 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… text/html 2025-09-10T05:44:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/wiki/welcome?rev=1757483058&do=diff Welcome to your new DokuWiki Congratulations, your wiki is now up and running. Here are a few more tips to get you started. Enjoy your work with DokuWiki, -- the developers Create your first pages Your wiki needs to have a start page. As long as it doesn't exist, this link will be red: text/html 2025-02-05T05:42:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/9th_generation/sony_playstation_5?rev=1738734156&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-08-07T19:15:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/gamepark_holdings_gp2x?rev=1659899745&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-04-23T02:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/embedded?rev=1650682435&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-12-25T03:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/automotive/entertainment_or_info_systems?rev=1703473957&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-01-14T22:59:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/kevin_bates_arduboy?rev=1642201147&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-06-21T21:30:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/tectoy_zeebo?rev=1655847001&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-08-01T20:33:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/4th_generation/atari_lynx?rev=1659386021&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-01-14T22:33:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/leapfrog_didj?rev=1642199633&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-11-17T02:13:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/sony_playstation_vita?rev=1668651231&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-08-03T03:41:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/6th_generation/game_park_gp32?rev=1659498090&do=diff 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 text/html 2023-11-28T23:02:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/leapfrog_leapster_explorer?rev=1701212558&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-05-11T00:17:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/8th_generation/summary?rev=1652228228&do=diff 8th Generation The 8th generation of portable game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 2011 with the release of the 3DS, and ending anywhere between 2019/2020 (discontinuation of the last 3DSes and the Vita) to not having even ended at all (with the Switch Lite still being produced, if you consider it to be 8th generation). Regardless of this slight end-date confusion, the 8th generation was similar to it's predecessor in possessing a great variety of EOPs, plus a lot of interestin… text/html 2022-08-03T03:44:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/7th_generation/tiger_telematics_gizmondo?rev=1659498263&do=diff 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… text/html 2022-05-11T02:31:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/sega_sg-1000?rev=1652236316&do=diff Sega SG-1000 Sega's true first entry into the home video games market, being a (mostly) Japan-only system. Releasing July 15th, 1983, the SG-1000 is quite similar to the Master System with it's Zilog Z80, 256×192 output resolution with 16 colors, and 1KB RAM. Accomplishing little, the SG-1000 was enough to convince SEGA to release the Master System, known in Japan as the SG-1000 Mark III, worldwide. text/html 2022-06-09T23:57:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/nintendo_gamecube?rev=1654819021&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-04-23T02:47:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/office_electronics/networking_hardware?rev=1650682072&do=diff 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. text/html 2025-03-01T09:16:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/summary?rev=1740820619&do=diff 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 text/html 2025-09-10T05:44:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/wiki/dokuwiki?rev=1757483058&do=diff DokuWiki wiki:dokuwiki DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable Formatting Syntax. The ease of maintenance, backup and integration makes it an administrator's favorite. Built in text/html 2023-12-26T00:28:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/automotive/gpses?rev=1703550528&do=diff 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. text/html 2024-05-18T02:51:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/commercial_electronics/lottery_machines?rev=1716000718&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-04-23T02:21:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/commercial_electronics/modular_tape_drive_libraries?rev=1650680510&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/essays/cheap_devices_dichotomy?rev=1677454749&do=diff Cheap Devices Dichotomy This dictation is my interpretation of what ways cheap devices can commonly be created, in relation to the function and potential of EOPs. In essence, there are 3 ways in which manufacturers of “lower cost” electronics make their device. One is beneficial for EOP and open, one is harmful to EOP and protective, and one is mixed. text/html 2022-04-23T02:35:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/home_electronics/smart_lights?rev=1650681348&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-04-23T02:37:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/kitchen_appliances/coffee_and_espresso_machines?rev=1650681463&do=diff 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 text/html 2024-05-18T04:01:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/office_electronics/desk_and_ip_phones?rev=1716004918&do=diff 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. text/html 2023-05-03T03:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/portable_media/mp3_and_media_players?rev=1683082836&do=diff 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… text/html 2022-06-09T23:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/nintendo_virtual_boy?rev=1654816357&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-04-23T03:03:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/websites/parsed?rev=1650683010&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-04-23T01:52:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_89_and_titanium?rev=1650678746&do=diff Texas Instruments 89 and Titanium Operating Systems (Motorola 68000) AAShell Another boring aping of the Windows appearance (Start menu blah blah) <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/156/15664.html> BlitZ K* Something that’s “designed to look like a file manager”, whatever that means. <https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/95/9513.html> Brain text/html 2024-05-18T03:54:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/miscellaneous_mobile_devices/calculators/texas_instruments_nspire_cx?rev=1716004470&do=diff 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) text/html 2022-04-23T02:52:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/operating_systems/conventional/dos?rev=1650682341&do=diff 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. <http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/link/index.shtml> Nest Listings text/html 2023-11-28T23:08:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/atari_2600?rev=1701212908&do=diff 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… text/html 2022-04-13T22:36:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/1st_and_2nd_generation/atari_5200?rev=1649889362&do=diff 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. text/html 2022-04-13T22:39:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/3rd_generation/sega_master_system?rev=1649889559&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-05-12T21:51:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/phillips_cd-i?rev=1652392307&do=diff 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… text/html 2022-11-30T05:20:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/snk_neo_geo_aes?rev=1669785624&do=diff 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 text/html 2022-08-08T21:59:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-portable/9th_generation/nintendo_game_and_watch_2020s?rev=1659995965&do=diff 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