The world of embedded computing devices can often yield interesting component choices. This quasi-computer meant for use in restaurants rocks a clone Pentium CPU that traces its roots back to 1998...and you can still buy it new today.

Sources:

Kitchen display system photos:
https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/benefit...
https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-s...
"Rise readies itself as Intel's rival", InfoWorld, July 6, 1998.
Rise mP6 chip photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rise mP6 details: https://web.archive.org/web/200606151...
"Intel faces stiff competition", InfoWorld, November 30, 1998.
mP6 chip in motherboard photo: https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/a...
Pentium II photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
AMD K6-2 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rise mP6 chip photo: https://cpumuseum.jimdofree.com/museu...
SiS motherboard photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
SiS 746FX chip photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Cable TV box photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

---------------------------------------­------------------------------------

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon:   / thisdoesnotcompute  

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp

---------------------------------------­------------------------------------

Music by
Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).