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.