Esoteric Devices Wiki

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Cheap Devices Dichotomy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:39:09+00:00

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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

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…

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.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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…

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 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…

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

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).

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…

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 …

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.

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

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…

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

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

9th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-10T23:52:23+00:00

9th Generation The 9th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 2020 with the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, although some may consider it as having began in 2017 with the release of the Nintendo Switch. Being the current console generation, it's not going to be ending anytime soon. Similarly, it's status as the current and new generation means very few EOPs are available in this area for the time being. Only the future can tell us what will eventua…

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 …

3rd Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T00:03:10+00:00

3rd Generation The 3rd generation of portable game consoles, which barely even existed as our examples are basically “kids computers” and the Etch-a-Sketch crossover devices. Arguably the “dark ages” of portable gaming witnessed between 1982 and 1989. Let there be (green) light

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

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

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

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

7th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-26T17:14:35+00:00

7th Generation The 7th generation of portable game consoles, and the first to possess an absolutely enormous amount of EOPs. Commonly considered as having began in 2004 with the release of the Nintendo DS and PSP, ending anywhere between 2011 with the release of the 3DS, and 2014 with the discontinuation of the PSP. As previously stated, this period had a large variety of EOPs available, helped by both the absolute legendary status of both the DS and PSP in this realm, and the large influx of n…

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…

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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…

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.

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…

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.

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 …

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

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…

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

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

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.

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

OpenBSD

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-23T02:53:42+00:00

OpenBSD Ports Generic Architecture Ports alpha port The NetBSD port for DEC’s RISC-based “Alpha” architecture. Currently still supported. arm64 port The NetBSD port for the arm64 architecture. Runs on a bunch of boards and things. armv7 port

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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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

Video Game Consoles (Portable)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:39:41+00:00

Video Game Consoles (Portable) A simple directory page for every portable console generation on the Esoteric Devices Wiki. 1st and 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation 6th Generation 7th Generation 8th Generation 9th Generation

Video Game Consoles (Home)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-26T23:39:33+00:00

Video Game Consoles (Home) A simple directory page for every home console generation on the Esoteric Devices Wiki. 1st and 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation 6th Generation 7th Generation 8th Generation 9th Generation

8th Generation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-11T00:17:08+00:00

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…