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Sun Sparc 5 Nostalgia

Posted by timothy on from the perfectly-good-electricity dept.

barl0w writes with what he calls "an awesome on-going story over at OS News about a Sun Sparc 5 coming alive again." Like the article's author points out, if you really want 64-bit computing, it's available cheaply on eBay.

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  1. Again? by ArmageddonLord · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What do you mean coming alive again? The ECE computer lab here at rutgers it still filled with them!

  2. 64 bit a marketing tool? by sirket · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This line pissed me off:

    Back then, 64-bits was more of a marketing tool, and in many respects, still is.

    64 bit gave higher precision for use on CAD workstations. Anyone who every used a Sun workstation for it's intended purpose would know this.

    -sirket

  3. Boring, not /. worthy article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Any nostalga computing /. posts should only include
    1. stuff from 1990 or earlier
    2. square peg in a round hole
    2.1. ethernet in a c64
    2.2. web server on a TRS80
    2.3. porting modern software to old obscure platforms
    3. Univac 1