[geeks] [rescue] wow! what a rescue

Michael Thompson michael.99.thompson at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 08:38:04 CST 2011


> The system is a TEMPEST SPARCstation 2, or T-SPARCstation 2 as it says on the
> label. The front opens up, revealing a warning sticker that when open it is
> not tempest proof, a floppy drive, two hard drive bays and a big on/off
> switch. Unfortunately, I do not have trays and they do not seem like any Sun
> tray I have seen before. On the back are SCSI, AUI, 13W3 and two serial
> connectors. The system boots, but the NVRAM is empty. It seems to be a
> standard SPARCstation 2, with 64MB of RAM and a cgsix. On the front is a LED
> indicating it's one and a hole.. in it was a piece of tin foil.

I used to have a TEMPEST Sun 3/60.
I currently have a TEMPEST Sun Ultra-2.

-- 
Michael Thompson


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