Re: In search of... Sun 2/50!

From: Andrew Gabriel (andrew_at_cucumber.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:47:13 +0000 (UTC)

In article <cn55mq$lfs$1@yoda.apana.org.au>,
        Craig Ian Dewick <craig@circlet.apana.org.au> writes:
> clstar@reverse-engineers.com (Star) writes:
>
>>> > I suppose this request extends to Sun-1 as well, but I'm quite
>>> > realistic about the actual chances of my coming across one, even a
>>> > Sun-1/100U with the Sun-2 guts... :D
>>>
>>> I think I've only heard about Sun-2, tho there must have been a Sun-1, but
>>> maybe not called that? Few 1st versions are actually numbered, are they?
>>>
>>> Hmm, I guess I really am not grizzled enough. Sigh.
>
>>Sun-1s definitely existed, with that nomenclature... some pics:
>>http://www.schrotthal.de/sun/sun1/
>
> I've been trying to find some good pictures of Sun-1 systems (and Sun-2's
> for that matter) for a long time to add to the Sun hardware picture archive
> at "http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix.html" on my SunShack website so I'll
> see about getting the pics at that URL added.

Sun-1's were only made for Stanford University.
Sun-2's were the first commercially available Sun workstation.
They were imported and sold in the UK by GEC Computers Ltd
(which badged them "GEC Series 42"), before Sun was known or
had any presence in the UK. 

-- 
Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer

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