[rescue] Looking for: SunOS 4.0.3e - SPARCEngine

Richard ejb at trick-1.net
Sun Apr 24 09:59:04 EDT 2022


Yes but it’s a step in the right direction…also I guess more likely to be the tape that wasn’t kept or obtained if folks didn’t have that card…

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> On 24 Apr 2022, at 23:47, Ethan Hawke <ehawk at ember.systems> wrote:
> 
> 
> Just keep in mind, that tape seems to be the graphics drivers only, not the base SunOS 4.1e installation.
> 
>> On 4/24/22 23:43, Richard wrote:
>>  Jon
>> 
>> Absolutely!!! I would be willing to attempt to dump and upload
>> 
>> I recovered some of my own qic tapes a few years back. Had to swap the bands (success), tried the boiling trick (limited success), etc. 
>> 
>> I am happy to pay for well packed postage from where ever you are to Australia.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 24 Apr 2022, at 23:00, Jon <jlo at ludd.ltu.se> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> See below for my reply:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 at 13:40, Plamen Mihaylov <plamenspam at afterpeople.com> wrote:
>>>> Just found tape numbers:
>>>> 
>>>> SPARCengine 1E SunOS 4.1e Sun-4e SUNBIN 
>>>> 1/4" Tape (boot format, QIC24), 1 of 1 
>>>> Part Number: 700-8030-02 Rev. A 
>>>> 
>>>> SPARCengine 1E 4.1E-GFX Rev. 1 Sun-4E SUNBIN 
>>>> 1/4" Tape (boot format, QIC24), 1 of 1 
>>>> Part Number: 700-8037-10 Rev. A
>>>>  
>>> 
>>> I just went rummaging through my cache of old Sun stuff because I suddenly remembered I might have some SPARCengine QIC tapes, and lo and behold this is what I found:
>>> 
>>> SPARCengine 1E 4.1-GFX Rev.1 Sun-4E SUNBIN
>>> 1/4" Tape (extract_unbundled format, QIC11), 1 of 1
>>> Part number: 700-8037-10 Rev.C
>>> 
>>> Would this be useful for anyone?
>>> 
>>> Beware I have no idea if this is still readable.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jon
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