https://oldsilicon.com/history/Recent content in History on Old SiliconHugoen-usMon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://oldsilicon.com/history/sparcstation-2-weitek-power-up/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://oldsilicon.com/history/sparcstation-2-weitek-power-up/<p>If you want to know how dominant a piece of computer hardware really was, don&rsquo;t look at its launch. Launches are easy to game with marketing budgets and reviewer freebies. Look instead at what happens three years later, when the manufacturer has already moved on to the next thing, and ask: is anyone still bothering to build accessories for it?</p> <p>By that measure, the SPARCstation 2 might be the most dominant Unix workstation that ever shipped.</p>