Sun SPARCstation 5

Sun's 1994 entry-level "Aurora," topped out with a 170 MHz TurboSPARC — SPARC for the masses

Sun SPARCstation 10

The first Sun desktop to fit two CPUs, with the modular MBus that made compute upgrades a slot-in affair

Sun SPARCstation 20

The pinnacle "Kodiak" pizza box, built to take four CPUs — this one runs a 125 MHz ROSS hyperSPARC

Interactive Sun IDPROM Reset Tool — M48T02 / M48T08 / M48T59

Interactive web tool that automatically generates the OpenBoot mkp commands to reprogram the IDPROM after replacing or battery-modding any Sun timekeeper NVRAM chip — M48T02, M48T08, M48T18, M48T35, M48T59 — on a SPARCstation.

Solaris 2.6 Disk Image Notes

README for the Solaris 2.6 prototype disk images hosted on oldsilicon.com — security, networking setup, CDE, preinstalled compilers and GNU tools, and the full /usr/local/bin listing

Locked Out: Clearing the Firmware Password on Vintage Sun Workstations

How to bypass and clear a firmware password on Sun SPARCstations and Ultras when the timekeeper chip has lost its memory

Sun Boot ROM and Firmware Image Archive

Downloadable OpenBoot PROM and firmware images for Sun workstations and servers

Last OpenBoot PROM Versions for Sun Workstations

Reference table of the final OBP firmware versions available for each Sun workstation model

CDE Keyboard Repeat Rate on Solaris 2.6

How to increase the keyboard repeat rate in CDE on Solaris 2.6 by configuring Xsun server options

M48T02 Timekeeper External Battery Mod

How to add an external coin cell battery to M48T02 timekeeper chips

The Rise and Fall of SPARCstation Clones

When Sun had competition from its own architecture

Resetting IDPROM on Sun Workstations

How to reprogram the IDPROM on sun4c, sun4m, sun4d, and sun4u workstations