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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it’s like the older vtech educational toys it uses some z80 processor, so you won’t be able to run Linux but you can a few different hobbyist microcomputer operating systems like zeal8bit and fuzix.

[–] tehn00bi 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Man, I had a vtech “computer” as a kid in the later 90’s. I don’t remember what happened to it or what it was even actually good for.

Pretty sure this is what I had.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/395832416009?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0qo80bobtii&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=R-vbXi9SRQ6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

...that's the POWER model: the unit posted above is the consumer version with the SX chip, no math coprocessor and fewer function keys...