SPARCstation 2 (Sun 4/75)
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Image taken from product brochure - ©Sun
Technical Specifications
| Model: | SPARCstation 2 (Sun 4/75) |
|---|---|
| Codename: Platform: |
Calvin sun4c |
| Processor: Math Copro: |
Cypress CY7C601 Weitek |
| Clock Speed: | 40 MHz |
| RAM: | max. 32MB |
| Graphics: | |
| Operating System: | SunOS 4.1.1 bis Solaris 7, Linux, BSD |
| Introduced: | November 1990 |
| Dealer price (net): | 43.990 DM (16MB RAM, 207MB Harddisk, GX Graphics, 19" Dolor-Display (Dec. 1990) |
I got this SPARCstation 2 through an exchange deal (Sun <==> Apple :)) with a fellow club member. Done:
- Resurrection and reprogramming of the IDPROM
- Installation of SunOS 4.1.4 (aka Solaris 1.1.2)
To-Do:
- Upgrade to the maximum possible RAM of 64 MB
- Replace the SCSI hard disk with something non-rotating
Blogentry: Sun IDPROM - Reanimation
The SPARCstation 2: More Power in the Pizza Box
The SPARCstation 2 is a Unix workstation released by Sun Microsystems in November 1990 as the direct successor to the SPARCstation 1+. It retained the slim "pizza box" desktop enclosure used in the previous models.
The system featured a 40 MHz processor, frequently paired with a Weitek floating-point unit (FPU), providing higher processing speed than the earlier 20 MHz and 25 MHz systems. Like the original SPARCstation models, the system used an SBus expansion bus to connect peripherals, network interfaces, and graphics cards.
The machine typically shipped with SunOS (Solaris). During the early 1990s, individual users and corporate clients used the workstation for software engineering, computer-aided design (CAD), and scientific calculation. Sun later superseded the model with faster SPARC-based architectures.