Very Nice collection! Yes have to love that laptop. Did not know SUN made one. or I guess a third party put the Sun goodies in a case of their design? either way NEAT!
Seeing a nice run of systems like this in wonderful condition is great! Ed# In a message dated 12/2/2018 5:49:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: I will have to get back with you on the audio. It is on offline backup media and I need to find it. Here is a link to some photos of the exhibit - https://photos.app.goo.gl/7qC8UbEYCeCf9CBo7 The RDI Britelite (laptop) is a SPARCstation IPX system board in a laptop chassis. It was in the Day 1 exhibit, but not the Day 2 exhibit because the power adapter died on the morning of the second day. One of the photos is an opened-up SPARCstation LX, which is very similar on the inside to your IPC. My exhibit next year will be on early 90s SPARC clones. alan On 12/2/18 1:43 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > Alan... would love a copy of the audio for our archives here. > > > Would like to see pix of your display too sounds neat! > > Any other files text or otherwise welcome also to this address > or drop us a dropbox link > > The Sun workstations I never knew too much about as at the time did > not seems like old history nor did we use any so playing catchup! > > Thanks in advance... > > Ed# > > > > In a message dated 12/2/2018 12:44:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > > > > There is only room for drives in the top half of the chassis. The PSU > and an assembly that holds the drives fills the top half. A 3.5" > half-height drive fits in one side of the assembly and a 3.5" floppy > drive fits in the other. The PSU cables go from the rear to the front of > that side of the chassis, below the FDD (when the chassis is closed). > > I did an exhibit on Sun lunchbox systems, including the IPC (4/40), for > PNW VCF earlier this year. I looked for press kits, posters, etc. to use > in the exhibit, but could only find text files. I know people who worked > at Sun on the development of those early SPARCstations and none of them > had any of that kind of material. > > I had an audio cassette "Introducing the IPC" for Sun sales. I donated > it to CHM this year (but I ripped the audio before I sent it to them). > > alan > > On 12/2/18 10:13 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: >> Thanks for the info to get it open! when back at the office shall >> do that.. there may be drives in 2 places - on board and the off >> board one. Always interesting to explore something one has only read >> about! >> >> >> >> Along the same line of UNIX stuff we have a COBALT 1U Pretty >> blue sever and a COBALT CUBE. I do remember lusting after one of >> these 1U COBALT servers when they were current didn't have anything >> in the budget back then though for one. I have been told SUN >> eventually ended up owning COBALT. >> >> As will all that we have we are looking for any ad slicks >> press kits posters, wild artwork for the Sun $/40, and the 2 >> COBALT machines.. >> >> Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC www.smecc.org >> >> >> >> >> In a message dated 12/1/2018 8:15:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, >> ape...@snowmoose.com writes: >> >> >> Yes. It is next to floppy in the upper half of the chassis. There is a >> 50-pin (IDC connectors) ribbon cable that goes down to system board at the >> bottom of the lower half of the chassis. The chassis splits in the vertical >> middle in a, if looking at the chassis, fairly obvious place. Because of the >> cables that run from the top to bottom, it effectively hinges at the front >> of the chassis. There a couple buttons on the side to release and sometimes >> a security cable bit to remove (phillips screw). >> >> On 12/1/18 7:08 PM, ED SHARPE wrote: >> Hi Alan - The hard drive is same size cabinet.... with I guess a >> SCSSI cable. I will have to look at it further... wonder if >> starting it out on a variac would help the capacitors like I do >> with the old radio sets here in the museum ed# >> >> >> In a message dated 12/1/2018 8:04:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time, >> ape...@snowmoose.com writes: >> >> Well, as I said, in my experience, the NVRAMs that you can buy new from >> Mouser work good enough. And the mod to the original battery isn't that hard >> to make. >> >> In my experience with IPCs, the bigger problem is the power supplies. If the >> PS on the IPC that you have now doesn't need to be re'capped now, it will >> need it soon. After that will likely be the HDD that needs work. Almost all >> of my HDDs that originally shipped with lunchbox systems up to the 424 meg >> (ST1480N) have died. The price for working 50-pin SCSI HDDs are at a point >> that SD2SCSI parts make more sense (unless you want to exhibit them as they >> originally ran). >> >> alan >> >> On 12/1/18 6:55 PM, ED SHARPE wrote: >> BUMMER >> It may become a static display..... >> >> Ed# >> >> >> In a message dated 12/1/2018 7:53:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, >> cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: >> >> A 4/40 is a SPARCstation IPC. It used a M48T02 NVRAM for the IDPROM. >> >> Yes, one with the dreaded battery. >> >> alan >> >> On 12/1/18 5:04 PM, Ed via cctalk wrote: >>> we were given this and a hard dribe a floor standimg decwriter..... does >>> this use NV ram with dreaded battery? thanks,ed >>> >>> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
