Eric Carroll · @EricCarroll
725 followers · 2217 posts · Server cosocial.ca

22 years ago on

I walked into Rogers 333 Bloor & entered our lab in time to see plane #2 hit the second tower.

The morning was a very big meeting with Toronto interrupted by the towers collapsing.

staff rushed to contact friends & colleagues from their NYC office.

In

Later that day I watched combat air patrol over downtown Toronto.

#911day #sunmicrosystems #sun #wtc

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Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
666 followers · 14825 posts · Server bitbang.social
Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
665 followers · 14792 posts · Server bitbang.social
Bosco · @BoscoLab
163 followers · 157 posts · Server social.tchncs.de

After successfully repairing the SPARCstation 4, boot Solaris 8 from cdrom. I still have to fix the NVRAM.

#sunmicrosystems #suntember #solais #sparcstation

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Bosco · @BoscoLab
163 followers · 154 posts · Server social.tchncs.de

Repair time for the SUN SPARCstation 4 after shipping damage. I it looks good. Time for a test. 🫣

#sunmicrosystems #sparcstation #sparc

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onion · @onion
66 followers · 565 posts · Server mastodon.tal.org

Wouldn't it be fun if someone would remake a or with modern components as people seem to do of just about every toy system these days.
Even the schemas and PAL code is out there, afaik, so should be fairly easy ? Or ?

#sun2 #sun3 #suntember #sunmicrosystems

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Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
657 followers · 14729 posts · Server bitbang.social
Chris Gerhard :bt: · @chrisgerhard
637 followers · 6907 posts · Server toot.bike

An original Sun Education mug from 1988 for .

Like it's faded...

#suntember #sunmicrosystems

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Bosco · @BoscoLab
163 followers · 154 posts · Server social.tchncs.de

Massive shipping damage to my Sun SPARCstation 4 ☹️ and the monitor too. 😭

#sunmicrosystems #suntember #sparcstation

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Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
648 followers · 14667 posts · Server bitbang.social
Dave Fischer · @davefischer
367 followers · 1076 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Remember the tool for installing UltraSPARC-II modules in Ex000 series system boards?

**EX00X CPU Module Preset Torque Screwdriver
Preset to 6 in lbs.
Sun P/N 250-1353-01**

#sunmicrosystems #suntember

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Dave Fischer · @davefischer
366 followers · 1069 posts · Server hachyderm.io

The system boards & sbus cards from a Sparcserver-1000 (1994). Eight CPUs, up to 2 gig of ram, and tons of I/O. This was my home computer for a few years in the early 00's. Incredible workhorse. (I had no problem getting a linear speedup on my jobs with all 8 processors.)

#sunmicrosystems #suntember

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David Cantrell 🏏 · @DrHyde
177 followers · 1124 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Grubby because that's what happens to a that is used every day.

#sun #keyboard #sunmicrosystems #suntember

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murraybollinger · @murraybollinger
27 followers · 10 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
onion · @onion
64 followers · 556 posts · Server mastodon.tal.org

The only tiny issue with those Suns is that they haven't seen power in almost 20 years. And I'm scared to even try. But the did boot at the time I got in 2004.

#m68k #sun2 #sunmicrosystems

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Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
640 followers · 14499 posts · Server bitbang.social
onion · @onion
59 followers · 553 posts · Server mastodon.tal.org

This badge on my Sun2/120 is cool, signatures of all the people that assembled, tested and inspected it.
Anyone you might know @aka_pugs ?

#sun2 #sunmicrosystems #suntember

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onion · @onion
59 followers · 552 posts · Server mastodon.tal.org

you say ? This is gonna be fun. Here are two of my favorites. A Sun2/120 and Sun3/60
#68010 #68020

#suntember #m68k #sun2 #sun3 #sunmicrosystems

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mroach · @mroach
153 followers · 780 posts · Server mas.to

My mouse and mousepad for

The Network Is The Computer

#sunmicrosystems #suntember

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mroach · @mroach
152 followers · 777 posts · Server mas.to

My favourite video connector, aside from SCART, is 13w3. It's a gorgeous mashup of a DB25 footprint mixed with VGA and coax all in the same connector.

#sunmicrosystems #silicongraphics #aunixsystem #suntember

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