It won't run normal solaris :( it runs solaris 64, which is a version of
2.4 IIRC. RE-PC here in the seattle area has 2 of 'em for sale, but they
are WAY overpriced and will probably never sell, they also have the OS CD's
for them, but aren't willing to make a copy of the cd's :( even though hal
systems is gone, and the systems were licensed for the OS.
At 10:30 PM 5/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I just picked up one of those today. I'm not sure of the date, but I think it
>might only be 7.5-8 yrs old, making it slightly OT...
>
>anyway, does anyone know anything about this box? All I've been able to find
>out so far is that it was the first marketed SPARC64 machine, it was
>technically very good, but was a total market failure. In other words, it's
>obscure and weird, perfect for a classiccmp find ;) It's a sun-compatible box
>-- I've fired it up with a serial console and I get a sun-ish OpenBoot prompt,
>etc.
>
>So, my question is, does anyone know more about this thing? Anyone have docs,
>OS media (if it won't run normal solaris...not sure), or anything?
>
>Thanks!
>
>- Dan Wright
>(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
>(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
>
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Received on Fri May 24 2002 - 01:10:35 BST