[rescue] Sun 4/600 firmware found

[Nathan Raymond]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 6:57 AM Mike Spooner <mikes at aalin.co.uk> wrote:

> Dave, one other thing to watch out for is the Ross-produced 2.14.3H -
> customised from stock 2.14.3 by Ross to support the 180/200 MHz
> HyperSPARCs: this is basically the same as the later one but missing a
> couple of ancilliary bug-fixes - the 2.14.3H OBP crashes Solaris 2.x on the
> first-generation SS10 motherboards *when using a serial console*, when
> using FB console it's perfectly fine.
>
> - Mike
>

This discussion got me curious about the history of ROSS, and in reading up
on it, I came across this article that explains how Pixar actually used a
render farm of SPARCstation 20 systems upgraded with ROSS hyperSPARCs to
finish Toy Story on schedule, which I did not know until now (despite being
a fan of Pixar since 1990, when I first saw their shorts playing on a
LaserDisc at a MacWorld Expo Boston booth):

https://web.archive.org/web/20121020184245/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/hyperSPARC+GOES+HOLLYWOOD%3b+PIXAR+USES+hyperSPARC+MICROPROCESSORS+FROM...-a017824466

Fascinating bit of history!

- Nate