delan<p>ordered a new run of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/usb3sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb3sun</span></a> boards. should be back in stock later this month!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sparcstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sparcstation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
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Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1982: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> is incorporated.<br> <br>Preliminary business plan (as VLSI Systems, Inc.): <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AISiLW3rBJQhArztoQ5p5K12Z4Bj2hru/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/1AISiL</span><span class="invisible">W3rBJQhArztoQ5p5K12Z4Bj2hru/view?usp=sharing</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>Serial number 1 of the JavaStation 1 is up on EBay: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/195650243344" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/195650243344</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>You can run NetBSD on it: <a href="https://fatsquirrel.org/oldfartsalmanac/netbsd-on-a-javastation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fatsquirrel.org/oldfartsalmana</span><span class="invisible">c/netbsd-on-a-javastation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>TOPS FlashBox drivers</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/tops-flashbox-drivers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/apps/tops-</span><span class="invisible">flashbox-drivers</span></a></p><p>Driver disk of the TOPS FlashBox high-speed LocalTalk adapter by Sun Microsystems.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/drivershardwaresupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drivershardwaresupport</span></a> #1988 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
Dave Fischer<p>Thinking about selling my Sun TAAC-1 VLIW board. Introduced in 1987, it was a coprocessor for VME Sun-3 systems, and the world's first "Board Level General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit", according to some.</p><p>Approximately 400 were made.</p><p>Photogenic little beastie, among other things.</p><p>If you're interested, please email: dave@cca.org</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/VLIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VLIW</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Cycling Europe<p><a href="https://www.cyclingeu.com/493927/reviving-the-sunray-sun-microsystems-forgotten-terminal-server-thin-client/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyclingeu.com/493927/reviving-</span><span class="invisible">the-sunray-sun-microsystems-forgotten-terminal-server-thin-client/</span></a> Reviving the SunRay: Sun Microsystems’ Forgotten Terminal Server & Thin Client #<a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicyclingGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicyclingGermany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikingGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikingGermany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingBorkenGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingBorkenGermany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingGermany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/phintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phintage</span></a>.phunsites.net <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solaris</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Solaris9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris9</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunThinClient</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunFire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunRay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRay</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunRay1G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRay1G</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SunRayServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRayServer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/V120" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>V120</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vintage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>I've been trying to figure out why the GUI for Solaris 10 wasn't working on my Ultra 5. It installed just fine but only boots to a text login. I noticed when trying to reinstall that it prints a message saying GUI mode setup is only available with 768MB of RAM. I have a suspicion that the same restriction must apply to the normal GUI as well.</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunUltra5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunUltra5</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️🌈<p>Randomly thinking about this the other day, still think it's crazy that <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> was this huge important <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ProgrammingLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProgrammingLanguage</span></a> when I was first learning to program back in the 2000s, then <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> was bought by <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> in the 2010s when I was teaching for the certifications, and now in the 2020s it's become this depreciated legacy language. The success of the less-portable and less-learned copycat .Net and staying power of the older <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> shows there was clearly a market for Java to continue, but the large <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> was so much more interested in filing lawsuits against people who were doing things with the language than actually developing it further with modern features, they actually managed to push it into obscurity. </p><p>And we can't forget that this was a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LOSS. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS had been spent to build up infrastructure to support the widespread use of this language across the industry, so when they dropped all support, and all of that became obsolete for no other reason.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/yassie_j" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yassie_j</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> really <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittufued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittufued</span></a> all the stuff they got from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a>.</p><ul><li>RIP <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a>, ...</li></ul>
Clair :vinyl_record:<p>I might just boot up this sucker, too. Just because. For some reason it's missing its faceplate. I think it's just in another box.</p><p><a href="https://squid.cafe/tags/SUNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUNW</span></a> <a href="https://squid.cafe/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://squid.cafe/tags/Netra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netra</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>I've been troubleshooting an install issue with Solaris 10 (on an Ultra 5). It kept giving me "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" which seems to be bad memory, processor, or motherboard.</p><p>Nope. The system had 256MB of RAM. Doubled that to 512MB with the spare RAM I ordered for troubleshooting and it installs just fine. System requirements say 256MB is the minimum, but it doesn't seem that way.</p><p>Now, what do I do with all this spare hardware....</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>Look what I found under my Christmas tree! 😁</p><p>Sure, it was from me to me, but still...</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunUltra1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunUltra1</span></a></p>
George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<p>Wow. This brings back memories. <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/UNIX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNIX</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Solaris" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solaris</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/SysAdmin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SysAdmin</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunMicrosystems</a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>"Open Minds 1982-1992" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> 10th anniversary book - full scan: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BCIwj6B26IYuiWbyp1Ylr3i7_ObretcA/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/1BCIwj</span><span class="invisible">6B26IYuiWbyp1Ylr3i7_ObretcA/view?usp=sharing</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>First tradeshow swag from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a>? Note the original logo.</p>
Jamie Booth<p>Here is my write up on getting the Sun Ultra 1 setup and working.</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.blog/fixing-up-a-su/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boothcomputing.blog/fixing-up-</span><span class="invisible">a-su/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunUltra1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunUltra1</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>I can't figure out if I have a Solaris 8 config problem, a hardware failure, or something with my home network that isn't "Sun compatible". I can not get either the onboard TPE or the off board TPE+SCSI adapter to connect to my network. The Ultra 1 can see inbound traffic but nothing being sent is received on the other end of the link.</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunUltra1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunUltra1</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/Solaris8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris8</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>This is the most success I've had getting Solaris 8 on this machine. So many false starts...</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunUltra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunUltra</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p>
Mike Gerdts<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@tim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tim</span></a></span> looks like the bottom two are an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> Ultra II and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> 5 or maybe a SPARC 20. That second one includes a graphics adapter with a 13W3 connector. The three matching servers look like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netra</span></a> X1’s. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>Anyone know a good PLA that closely matches the Sun Microsystems Blue Gray color from their cases? Trying to print some replacement parts for stuff that broke and having some difficulties matching the color.</p><p>Edit: this no name Chinese PLA is the closest I've found. It is slightly darker but you can only tell if it's right next to an original piece. <a href="https://a.co/d/1eHxLiZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/d/1eHxLiZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p>
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