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leadedsolderThe <a class="hashtag" href="https://snack.social/tag/sparcstation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparcstation</a> lives! It's been nearly a decade. Not sure why I can't get a console in my regular user account, but that's the least of my worries. Is there a way to use Sun OpenLook without a mouse? <a class="hashtag" href="https://snack.social/tag/sun4m" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sun4m</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://snack.social/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://snack.social/tag/retrounix" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrounix</a>
Davide Bucci<p>If you have some cool ideas about what to do with the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SPARCstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARCstation</span></a> 5 ler me know!</p>
Davide Bucci<p>I could also save the computer that went with the keyboard, an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> PS/2 model 30 with a screen that seems to be monochrome. I could not resist saving also a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SUN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SPARCstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARCstation</span></a> 5, that I found there. I don’t know if they work, and they stayed one night under heavy rain. I will check them also to remove <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>batteries</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪<p>Loving the days when I get the IPX Up and running (scheduled function test any 6 months)</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/risc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risc</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ipx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ipx</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a></p>
shuppy<p>got a sparcstation but no keyboard or mouse? tired of having to reprogram your idprom over and over?</p><p>usb3sun lets you connect usb keyboards and mice to your sun workstation, and it can reprogram your idprom with just a few keystrokes ☀️</p><p>rev B1 now available → <a href="https://go.daz.cat/usb3sun" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://go.daz.cat/usb3sun</a></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.shuppy.org/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.shuppy.org/tag/sparcstation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparcstation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.shuppy.org/tag/sunmicrosystems" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sunmicrosystems</a></p>
Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪<p>SPARCstation SLC - the 1990 iMac</p><p><a href="https://apfelklassik.de/blogartikel.html?ID=32" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apfelklassik.de/blogartikel.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml?ID=32</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/slc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slc</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/imac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imac</span></a></p>
jbz<p>End the line: The last Sun Sparc Workstation<br>—<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://retrochat.online/@retrobytes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>retrobytes</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=O3iUmhkP10k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=O3iUmhkP10</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/sunsparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunsparc</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a></p>
Matthew Sparby<p>Got my capture setup dialed in. I can record pixel-perfect from my Sun SPARCstations now.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SPARCstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARCstation</span></a></p>
Matthew Sparby<p>Can't seem to get Solaris to install on this Sparcstation 1 with a BlueSCSI. Keep getting this error when it tries to create the root filesystem.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BlueSCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSCSI</span></a></p>
delan<p>got a sparcstation but no keyboard or mouse? tired of having to reprogram your idprom over and over?</p><p>usb3sun lets you connect usb keyboards and mice to your sun workstation, and it can reprogram your idprom with just a few keystrokes ☀️</p><p>rev B0 now available → <a href="https://go.daz.cat/usb3sun" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">go.daz.cat/usb3sun</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
comrad 🇪🇺<p>Retro-Server-Party! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerpc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunblade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunblade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macos</span></a></p>
12 Freya it/its𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩<p>hmm. it appears that to get <a href="https://eightpoint.app/tags/OpenBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBoot</span></a> on a <a href="https://eightpoint.app/tags/SPARCstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SPARCstation</span></a>-5 to `boot cdrom:d -vs`, the cdrom needs to be SCSI unit ID 6? No fucking idea why, but it works, lets not question it too hard</p>
Mark J Koch ✅<p>Ran across this going through my old stuff. The pre-pre-pre-release docs for the SPARCstation-2 (Calvin). Was given to us lowly techs who were destined to debug them coming off the manufacturing line. When I started at Sun, I was a lowly failure analysis technician, the good jobs went to Stanford grads, DeVRY grads needed to come in through the back door. Eventually made my way into engineering and then SunLabs (where the real party was).<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suntember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suntember</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sparcstation2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunw</span></a></p>
dan 💾<p>Zomggg! The errors have been corrected, and we now have a <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/SparcStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SparcStation</span></a> 10 running off a <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BlueSCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSCSI</span></a>!</p>
dan 💾<p>The lights of a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@BlueSCSI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BlueSCSI</span></a></span> hanging out inside a Sun <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/SparcStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SparcStation</span></a>. </p><p>Now that the house is a bit less full again, let’s see if we can get this puppy working properly!</p>