[rescue] Sun 3/60

[Dan Moisa]

Really recommend running vintage on this machine

On Sun, Nov 12, 2023, 10:22 Cameron Kelly via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> >What OS do you intend to run on it ? Vintage SunOS 4.x or some more
> >recent NetBSD ?
>
> I'm not sure. Preferably both but I'm biased towards NetBSD since it's
> easy to get a modern Unix environment going with package management
> and whatever else going.
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 1:18 PM Romain Dolbeau via rescue
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023, 09:41 Cameron Kelly via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> wrote:
> > > Me and a friend have been toying with the idea of recreating a Sun
> > > 3/60 from scratch
> >
> > What OS do you intend to run on it ? Vintage SunOS 4.x or some more
> > recent NetBSD ?
> >
> > Le dim. 12 nov. 2023 à 18:51, Dan Moisa via rescue
> > <rescue at sunhelp.org> a écrit :
> > > I'm trying to do the same thing. Here's what i have:
> > > - a whole lot of the schematics digitized into kicad, with very
> questionable quality - was my first project
> > > - a bunch of 3/60 boards, homemade card adaptor to power from regular
> PSU, keyboards, etc. in working condition
> > > - almost all the chips including almost all the weird PAL variants,
> unprogrammed.
> > > - all the various info found online.
> > > Let's chat, I can set you up with most of this if you promise you
> don't give up like I did.
> >
> > A good solution might be to share that on GiHub or similar to foster
> > collaboration.
> > I haven't tried to recreate a system, but I've looked at the P4
> > connector to see if I could port my '030 FPGA-base expansion design
> > [1] to a 3/80 or 3/60. Unfortunately I don't have a 3/60 and my 3/80
> > motherboard is dead for now so that stalled :-( But a recreated 3/60
> > would be of interest to me for that reason. Maybe help where I can
> > (time permitting!).
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Romain
> >
> > [1] e.g. <https://github.com/rdolbeau/SBusFPGA>, the closest
> > conceptually talks to the '030 bus:
> > <https://github.com/rdolbeau/IIsiFPGA>
> >
> > --
> > Romain Dolbeau
> >
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