[SunRescue] Usenet: SUN 330 Free to good home

[Tim Harrison]

BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak wrote:

> > Knock yourself out (not literally, unless that's your thing, and times
> > being what they are...). :)
> 
> Well, lessee, mebbie if I get no hernias from the gambit, that will do
> fine.

Try not to herniate yourself.  That would be bad.  My 4/330 is probably
about 200lbs, and a pain to lift.  I've carried it myself, but I
suggest, if you have one, to get someone else to help. :)

> What tidbits are good to know about the 4/330 machine?  Is the
> rom recent enough to boot comfortably off the scsi bus via a
> sun cdrom?  What was the usual tape on this machine?

Apparently, you can boot off of the CD-ROM.  As mine's borked, I haven't
gotten it to boot a damned thing. :/
 
> I just talked with the fellow, and he will deliver it tomorrow,
> for the price of lunch.  He says it has 4 HD's.  The early 12
> slot desksides would not handle but 3 HD's internally, if memory
> is correct.  Would that indicate this is a later model deskside
> case (the grey/blue things vs the early cream/grey metal monsters?)?

I've got a tape drive (I did look up what it was, but conveniently, I've
forgotten, and have no idea where I wrote it down -- this is why my wife
keeps our important stuff), one HUGE full size SCSI disk (1.6G), and I'm
not sure if there's room for another or not.  Maybe a half height disk.
 
> Would it run something as late as Solaris 2.4, or is it stuck
> with a SunOS 4.1.3 limit?  OpenBSD should work on it, as well
> as NetBSD.

>From a quick Google search, it seems it will run NetBSD and OpenBSD.
 
> He says it does not have a monitor or keyboard, but, if luck is
> with me, what usual graphics output would it have?

The URL below has some generic information regarding the Sun 4/330. 
Once I figure out where my notes are, and no one else does, I'll tell
you what's in mine.  I'd still like to get it up and running.

My only other source of information has been Dave McGuire, the man of
much knowledge.

http://www.sunstuff.org/hardware/systems/sun4/

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Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison at timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/