[SunRescue] Sun3 emulation?

[User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> Might it not be less trouble to source a stack of 3/80's or somesuch, and
> keep 1-2 machines ready all the time? First 3/80 breaks, you roll to the
> second one, and then get #3 ready just in case. 

I would concur, and also keep the drives external (non internal) so it
is just plugitis to bring up baby again, should the cpu board bits fail.

> This would be less than ideal for a production application, but if it's just
> occasional access to some legacy apps on an internal network, it might be
> easier to implement in the long run, assuming you can still find the
> hardware; I know of 20+ 3/80's that hit the scrapper before I could do
> anything about it.

Dang.... any spare 3/80's in central NC?  They are not all that fast, but
still are usable machines.

Bob

>  > I have a friend whose company has a bunch of older binaries (no
>  > source; it was lost long ago) for SunOS/Sun3 that they'd like
>  > to be able to run and get to again.  Anybody know of a tool to
>  > emulate Sun3 (moto 68K) running SunOS on a modern platform?