Looking for some hardware to run SunOS 3.5 and 4.1.1

[Jeff Graham-2]

I'd like some sparc 3 (not 3x) hardware to run SunOS 3.5 and 4.1.1.

I want/need 2-3 seperate working machines in the end, tape drives
and such would be nice, monitors and keyboards not needed.

I'll basically take anything and am willing to part together from sun
manufactured parts.

I'd like to locate these in the next week or so and have them on hand in
1-3 weeks.

Any assistance you can offer would be great.

Thanks very much.
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Lionel Peterson-2]

On May 22, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Jeff Graham <sunrescue@...> wrote:

> I'd like some sparc 3 (not 3x) hardware to run SunOS 3.5 and 4.1.1.
>
> I want/need 2-3 seperate working machines in the end, tape drives
> and such would be nice, monitors and keyboards not needed.
>
> I'll basically take anything and am willing to part together from sun
> manufactured parts.
>
> I'd like to locate these in the next week or so and have them on  
> hand in
> 1-3 weeks.
>
> Any assistance you can offer would be great.
>
> Thanks very much.

I can't help, unless an ss/20 or ss/5 will help, but I gotta ask - why?

Just curious,

Lionel
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[der Mouse-3]

> I'd like some sparc 3 (not 3x) hardware to run SunOS 3.5 and 4.1.1.

What's a SPARC 3?  You mean Sun-3 (which is 680x0, not SPARC)?

/~\ The ASCII  Mouse
\ / Ribbon Campaign
 X  Against HTML mouse@...
/ \ Email!     7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39  4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Bill Bradford]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 04:18:13PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I can't help, unless an ss/20 or ss/5 will help, but I gotta ask - why?

He won't tell you - he wouldn't tell me when he contacted me; I sent him
here.

Its OMG SEKRIT or something.

Bill

--
Bill Bradford
Houston, Texas
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Lionel Peterson-2]

On May 23, 2009, at 12:44 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill@...> wrote:

> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 04:18:13PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> I can't help, unless an ss/20 or ss/5 will help, but I gotta ask -  
>> why?
>
> He won't tell you - he wouldn't tell me when he contacted me; I sent  
> him
> here.
>
> Its OMG SEKRIT or something.

That's fine - I can likely imagine some reasn more interesting than  
the real reason anyway.

My best serious guess is data recovery, since it is the OS that is  
important, and keyboards/monitors are not needed, my next guess would  
be to run a mature app that is being recoded/transferred to a new  
platform and thy need to see it run to make sure the code is right...

Lionel
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Carl R. Friend]

    On Sat, 23 May 2009, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> Its OMG SEKRIT or something.
>
> My best serious guess is data recovery, since it is the OS that
> is important [...]

    Or, possibly, patent-busting.  That'd be a big reason to keep quiet
on the matter until the deed is done.

+------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin)            | West Boylston       |
| Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast            | Massachusetts, USA  |
| mailto:crfriend@...                        +---------------------+
| http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/museum           | ICBM: 42:22N 71:47W |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Lionel Peterson-2]

On May 23, 2009, at 7:12 AM, "Carl R. Friend" <crfriend@...> wrote:

>   On Sat, 23 May 2009, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>>> Its OMG SEKRIT or something.
>>
>> My best serious guess is data recovery, since it is the OS that
>> is important [...]
>
>   Or, possibly, patent-busting.  That'd be a big reason to keep quiet
> on the matter until the deed is done.

I don't follow - do you mean to produce prior-art against a current  
patent application? Existing patent?

Lionel
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Carl R. Friend]

    On Sat, 23 May 2009, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> On May 23, 2009, at 7:12 AM, "Carl R. Friend" <crfriend@...> wrote:
>
>>  Or, possibly, patent-busting.  That'd be a big reason to keep quiet
>> on the matter until the deed is done.
>
> I don't follow - do you mean to produce prior-art against a current
> patent application?  Existing patent?

    Both.

+------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Carl Richard Friend (UNIX Sysadmin)            | West Boylston       |
| Minicomputer Collector / Enthusiast            | Massachusetts, USA  |
| mailto:crfriend@...                        +---------------------+
| http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/museum           | ICBM: 42:22N 71:47W |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Lionel Peterson-2]

On May 23, 2009, at 7:43 PM, "Carl R. Friend" <crfriend@...> wrote:

>   On Sat, 23 May 2009, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> On May 23, 2009, at 7:12 AM, "Carl R. Friend" <crfriend@...>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Or, possibly, patent-busting.  That'd be a big reason to keep quiet
>>> on the matter until the deed is done.
>>
>> I don't follow - do you mean to produce prior-art against a current
>> patent application?  Existing patent?
>
>   Both.

In case the OP is still reading, I hope you aren't offended by our  
speculation - it's just a bit of fun, you don't 'owe' us an  
explaination...

I'd hate to offend a new list member, especially one interested in  
vintage Sun hardware...

Lionel
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue

[Saquinn624]

If you need it now try talking to Sellam Ismail (I think) - He was
active for many years on various computer mailing lists until the
advent of a family intervened, and for a long time he had a rather
large warehouse full of old machines that he rented/sold for such
things as movies and prior art patent cases.
_______________________________________________
rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue