8 Apr
2005
8 Apr
'05
11:43 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
There were a lot of 3/50s and 3/60s shipped. I think
the 3/80 was a
last stab for customers with a large investment in 68K
hardware/software, but with an upgrade path to the new SPARC line. As
a result, I don't think many 3/80s were shipped compared to what came
before and what came after.
The entire technical documentation department at INMOS, in the early
1990s, ran on Sun 3/80s. I have one in the collection here, plus a
junker (from another source) for spares.
They are indeed Sun 3 motherboards (68030) in a SparcStation-1 case.
SparcStation-1 drive sleds will fit, if you can get them.
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John Honniball
coredump at gifford.co.uk