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Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem

From chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem
Date 2026-08-21 19:21 +0100
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On 8/21/26 07:43, Kay-Uwe Loebel wrote:
> Am 08/20/26 um 08:00 PM schrieb chrisq:
>> The end of Sun was a great loss to computing, but nothing is forever.
> 
> Double Agreement.
> My computing career began with VAX and VMS - a truly great hardware and 
> software system.
> Its demise and the transition ("downgrade") to Sun/Solaris were already 
> tough, but Linux on X64 definitely has its advantages.
> 
> Kay
> 

Started on 8 bit micros here, 6502 initially, from an
electronics background. Whole string of micros, then
one of the old prepackage Vax 730 systems, with R80
and RL02 drives. Hard drive was so flaky, needed to
warm up for an hour or so, before the system would boot.
VMS 4.3 and a iirc, 4 Mb ram. Interesting for a while,
but such hard work in terms of tool availability. Just
so obstructive, and locked down. Installed Tex, which
managed about 4 pages per minute.

Eventually bought a Sun 3/160, and a whole new world
of computing became visible. So much open source
software, and a genuine user community via usenet. Tex
did 20 pages per minute, and managed to build gcc
from source. Networking, NFS, Yellow
Pages (as it was then) scsi peripherals and more.
Had wanted a gen unix system ever since the Bell Labs
Programmer's Workbench article. Could do some real
work,and programming, never looked back.

Chris

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Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-12 12:25 +0200
  Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-17 12:32 -0700
    Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-18 14:12 +0200
  Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-17 12:43 -0700
    Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-18 14:00 +0200
      Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-19 10:11 -0700
        Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-20 11:44 +0200
          Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-20 08:40 -0700
            Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-21 08:25 +0200
              Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-21 11:19 -0700
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-24 09:24 +0200
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-27 08:26 +0200
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-31 11:03 +0200
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-31 15:33 -0700
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-09-01 12:38 +0100
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-09-02 08:29 +0200
  Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-08-18 12:22 +0100
    Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-18 13:54 +0200
      Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-08-18 16:27 +0100
        Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-19 08:04 +0200
      Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-08-19 19:09 +0100
        Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-19 15:53 -0700
          Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-08-20 19:00 +0100
            Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-21 08:43 +0200
              Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2026-08-21 19:21 +0100
                Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-24 10:25 +0200
        Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-20 12:39 +0200
  Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-18 09:29 -0700
    Re: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 problem Kay-Uwe Loebel <kay.loebel@web.de> - 2026-08-19 07:36 +0200

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