Got a couple Ultra1s and an Ultra2 with a Creator3D card of some sort at the garage. Got one monitor, too. All power up, some have disks. Any idea what to do with these?
What to do with an Ultra1 or Ultra2?
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Probably start with installing Solaris 7 would be my suggestion 
(Winworld link, although I have discs if that doesn't work)
Then there is Unix packages (formerly known as Sun Freeware) and OpenCSW, although I am not sure whether their up to date packages will run on Solaris 7.
Solaris 7 still has OpenLook which is fun.
(Winworld link, although I have discs if that doesn't work)
Then there is Unix packages (formerly known as Sun Freeware) and OpenCSW, although I am not sure whether their up to date packages will run on Solaris 7.
Solaris 7 still has OpenLook which is fun.
Now that's a completely solid idea. The monitor I've got is huge and I suppose I could get the Ultra 2 up to some rather nice spec. Now if only all my mice weren't the type that needs the special metal mousepad to work...
To think of it, I could finally put my RPi to good use by running the browser over X11 forwarding on that.
To think of it, I could finally put my RPi to good use by running the browser over X11 forwarding on that.
I did install Solaris 7. It has some interesting quirks I had forgotten about, such as no system-provided entropy. Overall, it's rather snappy and nice to use. The Ultra 2 display adapter is a double-buffered 24 bit thing, which is reasonably performant. I actually used the HotJava browser to fetch packages for the system.
The first commercial Unix system where I had
Also, sunfreeware.com had turned into a subscription-based paid service, but there's a gentleman out there providing readily-built binary packages for Solaris 7.
The first commercial Unix system where I had
root was an Ultra 1 running Solaris 2.5.1 at my first job, early 1998. We upgraded that system to 2.6 later, and my first own server was an IPC running Solaris 7. I haven't touched Solaris of this era since then, but the commands and file locations came back to me as I configured the system. Slightly weird, albeit nice, feeling.Also, sunfreeware.com had turned into a subscription-based paid service, but there's a gentleman out there providing readily-built binary packages for Solaris 7.
onre, did you get a chance to take some snaps?
I was browsing for what's possible with Linux on ultrasparc. I noticed debain has an active port for sparc64. It might be worth looking into if you have time to kill and want to help out!
Years ago I ran gentoo on an Ultra 10 around 2004. It was slow to build even then but worth it. I used the machine for a scholarship to hang out with the grad students at my university and I wrote a mini research paper. It was good times.
wiki.debian.org
I was browsing for what's possible with Linux on ultrasparc. I noticed debain has an active port for sparc64. It might be worth looking into if you have time to kill and want to help out!
Years ago I ran gentoo on an Ultra 10 around 2004. It was slow to build even then but worth it. I used the machine for a scholarship to hang out with the grad students at my university and I wrote a mini research paper. It was good times.