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The curious case of the Unix workstation layout
JP's Website The Curious Case of the UNIX workstation layout Posted on 2025-07-19 Contents Background Cathode Ray Dude recently did an excellent video about the history of the PC case, particularly the early- and mid-1990s, and the various mainboard layouts that pre-date the ATX standard. You should watch it.
Cathode Ray Dude recently did an excellent video about the history of the PC case, particularly the early- and mid-1990s, and the various mainboard layouts that pre-date the ATX standard. A light make-over of the previous IRIS 4D series, it has two huge PCBs, which insert vertical into a backplane using rotating clips. Or did they get together in some secret RISC UNIX cabal to re-use PC technolog and cut the price of entry (or, make more profit)?
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