[rescue] SPARCclassic X - what software did this run?

Andrew Liles blah at spilk.org
Tue Sep 5 23:13:31 CDT 2017


It sounds like the SPARCclassic X machines were designed to netboot special X
terminal software instead of a full SunOS/Solaris - does anyone know how that
worked, how that was installed, and if some sort of distribution of that is
still out there somewhere?

I assume the machines netbooted via the usual RARP/bootparams/NFS scheme that
other SPARC machines do, but how did that differ from a normal diskless
workstation setup?

May be acquiring one and would like to attempt running what it was intended
for.

Thanks!

-a.


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