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Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh

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44 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 30 Aug 25 14:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.018s | source
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jhbadger ◴[30 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.45076445[source]▶
I guess the era of actual mini computers (which were larger than the typical computer of today which were originally called micro computers) is so far in the past that the term can be reused to mean "machines smaller than current computers"? Nanocomputer would be the consistent naming.
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1. zzgo ◴[31 Aug 25 02:17 UTC] No.45079756[source]▶
Mini PC seemed to be the term that was being settled on, though I do see mini computer used where I'd expect to see nano computer as well. This is the first time I've seen anyone in tech use the term mini computer instead of nano, however.

Perhaps they're not teaching the under 40s what a mini computer is.

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2. rbanffy ◴[31 Aug 25 15:50 UTC] No.45084113[source]▶
Tecnically, the IBMi seems to be the last survivor of the mini computer segment. Is HPE still selling Itanic boxes with VMS that could be called the heirs to the VAX family?