Booting the SPARCstation

In the last post of this series, I set up NeXTstep on an HP PA-RISC workstation. Today, I’m going to get down to business: configure networking, install system patches, outfit it with developer tools, and install some useful software! As with the previous post, I’ve also made a YouTube video that covers roughly the same topics! If video is your...

It’s been a long time since my last pizzabox post - over a year! There’s been a lot going on in my life but I’m excited that lately I’ve had a lot more free time, which means more time to explore the world of workstations and share with you! I’m also excited announce that I’m trying out YouTube videos - not instead of these posts, but in addition...

In this post, I’m going to go through the process of setting up Apple’s A/UX on a Quadra 610. It’s been a long time in the making - I think I had the hardware for nearly a year before I finally got A/UX running properly! Wait, what is A/UX? I’m not misspelling AIX, the IBM Unix that ran on the Apple Network Server range. It is a hybrid of Unix...

Project status Phase Status Notes Powers on? ✅ Passes firmware self-test? ✅ Working serial console? ✅ standard DB9 Framebuffer works? ✅ OS boots? ✅ Installed Solaris 10 on to a CF/IDE adapter Working GUI? ✅ X Windows and Java Sun Desktop (GNOME) / CDE Working input devices? ✅ Uses USB Pictures sunblade150 front

Project status Phase Status Notes Powers on? ✅ Passes firmware self-test? ✅ Working serial console? ✅ Has a somewhat unusual DB25 socket instead of plug, otherwise standard Framebuffer works? ✅ use DB13W3-VGA adapter OS boots? ✅ Has Solaris 2.6 installed Working GUI? ✅ X Windows and CDE Working input devices?