In early 2022 I got several Sun SPARC servers for free off of a FreeCycle ad: I was recently called out for not providing any sort of update on those devices… so here we go!
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Some information on booting old-style SPARC machines, as well as pretty pictures. Nice palate-cleanser if you’ve had to deal with something unpleasant this weekend. This world would be a better place if we all had our own Sun machines to play with when we get sad.
My old Ultra 2 Enterprise had similar issues. The NVRAM modules was toast so I had to jump through hoops to get it to boot properly. Priced a replacement but they were too much. I did come across a reasonably priced one but the listing on eBay looked exceedingly shady so I didn’t buy it. Sadly I couldn’t give the workstation away. Ended up taking it and the 21 inch HP CRT (which worked perfectly fine – but weighed a ton and was unwieldy to move around) to the city dump to their electronics recycling section. What a waste. :-(. Oh and to add insult to injury, I had to pay $25 USD to recycle the CRT!