On Dec 6, 2018, at 2:39 PM, r.stricklin wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Josh Dersch via cctech wrote:
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>> The Sun-1 absolutely had a framebuffer and a display and was not a
>> text-only machine, it did 1024x800 at 1bpp, had a mouse, the whole deal.
>
> The bwone is a 1024x1024 framebuff
On Dec 6, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Josh Dersch via cctech wrote:
> The Sun-1 absolutely had a framebuffer and a display and was not a
> text-only machine, it did 1024x800 at 1bpp, had a mouse, the whole deal.
The bwone is a 1024x1024 framebuffer. 768 lines visible; the rest was offscreen.
ok
bear.
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 21:57, Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> Definitions tend to be RIGID, but completely arbitrary.
> "MEGAPIXEL" is nice, but enough to EXCLUDE 1024 x 800 ?
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
> "First": The author is unaware of anything prior, or all prior instances
>
It???s a Sun-2 so it???s not really arguable whether it???s the first
ever Sun workstation: It???s not.
Definitions tend to be RIGID, but completely arbitrary.
"MEGAPIXEL" is nice, but enough to EXCLUDE 1024 x 800 ?
"First": The author is unaware of anything prior, or all prior instances
were
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 19:55, Josh Dersch wrote:
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> The Sun-1 absolutely had a framebuffer and a display and was not a text-only
> machine, it did 1024x800 at 1bpp, had a mouse, the whole deal.
>
> See the picture in this article, for example:
> https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sun-Microsystems-
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 4:39 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 12:44, Tony Duell wrote:
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> > I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a workstation, and that it
> was
> > made by Sun.
> >
> > I think the problem is over 'first' and that a Sun-2 is not going to be
>
> On Dec 6, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Liam Proven via cctech
> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:12, Chris Hanson wrote:
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>> It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun
>> workstation: It’s not.
>
> Not my claim; the author of the video's. Take it up with him, if
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 15:13, allison via cctech wrote:
> During my days at DEC in the later 80s the definition of workstation was
> 1MIPS processing power,
> 1M pixels, Desktop or desk side (fairly compact). Graphics and
> processing power were high
> and lots of ram and sufficient local disk as
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On 12/06/2018 07:28 AM, Liam Proven via cctech wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 12:44, Tony Duell wrote:
>> I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a workstation, and that it was
>> made by Sun.
>>
>> I think the problem is over 'first' and that a Sun-2 is not going to be the
>> 'first' model.
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 12:44, Tony Duell wrote:
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> I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a workstation, and that it was
> made by Sun.
>
> I think the problem is over 'first' and that a Sun-2 is not going to be the
> 'first' model.
Ah! Excellent point. I have to admit, I was totally unfam
On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 11:19 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
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> On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:12, Chris Hanson wrote:
> >
> > It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun
> > workstation: It’s not.
>
> Not my claim; the author of the video's. Take it up with him, if
> yo
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 23:12, Chris Hanson wrote:
>
> It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun
> workstation: It’s not.
Not my claim; the author of the video's. Take it up with him, if
you're on the Rescue List.
But I am mildly curious what your definition of a Su
On Dec 5, 2018, at 3:59 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk
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> I thought folk might enjoy this short-ish (~12min) Youtube video
> showing startup of arguably the first ever Sun workstation
It’s a Sun-2 so it’s not really arguable whether it’s the first ever Sun
workstation: It’s not.
-- Chri
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