[rescue] Sun 3/60

[Mike Katz]

i am a closet SUN fan from my days working on Sun machines for a 68000 C 
cross compiler company.

If you are running an old Sun, I would strongly recommend SunOs (not 
Solaris) even without source because it was very stable and written 
close to the hardware.

I think running anything else isn't really paying homage to the Sun.

If you want modern Unix/Linux stuff, run it on a Raspberry Pi.

On 11/12/2023 1:13 PM, Mouse via rescue 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.
>>> Really recommend running vintage on this machine
>> Same here.  We just brought up a 3/50 at LSSM, nicely responsive
>> running SunOS 4.1.1_U1, after the kernel was trimmed down.  Such
>> great machines!
> Well, a "modern Unix environment" (hundreds of megs of Web browser,
> running into TLS every time you turn around, bell-and-whistle-infested
> UI) is something a -3/60 just doesn't have the computrons to support.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't run SunOS simply for lack of source.  But that's
> the only reason; in every other respect, IMO it's a fine choice.  If
> you do want source code, I'd suggest older NetBSD - my -3/60 runs (my
> own derivative of) 1.4T.  It doesn't support a "modern" environment,
> no, but (a) my desire for such a thing is actually negative and (b) a
> -3/60 can't really support one anyway, so that's fine with me.
>
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