On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:30:29PM -0500, Dan Wright 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?
NetBSD *might* run on them now. You'll need the "special" Solaris 2.4 or
2.5.1; "normal" Solaris wont run.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill_at_mrbill.net
Austin, TX
Received on Fri May 24 2002 - 11:01:01 BST