[rescue] Sun 486i !!

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

I'm overdue when it comes to taking some pics of that box....

I'll see if I can take some pics maybe this weekend...

I'll post them somewhere and send along the URLs if I manage to get
the pics taken.

It is very much like the 386i... outside is 100% identical (except for
the Sun 486i badging).  Inside there is a new "backplane"/mainboard,
and cpu board setup.  Graphics/etc are all 386i.  Don't know if it will
Run 386i SunOS, but I do have the 4.0.2 beta load tapes (a score from
a different source).

I think some of my favorite pieces in my computer collection are the
Sun 486i, the prototype LX, my Sun2/120 (that was owned by IBM at one
point... I find that too funny), and the Altos 886 (which I still can
not find OS diskettes or the diagnostic diskette :-( ).

I also have a Microvax stored at a friend's house... (I've not even seen it
yet :-) ).

Well, hopefully I'll get a few minutes to snap some pics and put them
somewhere where you can all see this "myth" for real.

-- Curt


>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:50:20 -0600
>From: Geoff Koehler <koehler at shaw.ca>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun 486i !!
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>
>Hi Curt and  All,
>
>This is extremely cool, and you are right - an important rescue.  If you have 
pics of it, please send them my(our) way - I have never seen one.  And speaking 
of rescues, does anyone want a nice, complete stardent titan 3000?  I need to 
make more room, but cant bear to throw it out.
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>	Geoff.
>
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>DOn Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:16:11 -0500 (EST)
>"Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <rescue at hawkmountain.net> wrote:
>
>> Not a myth.  I have a complete 486i, and an extra mainboard (although I
>> don't have the processor board for it, and I don't even know if it works).
>> 
>> I also have the original 4.0.3 beta SunOS OS tapes.
>> 
>> Definately not a myth.  Powered by Intel 486DX25.  I'm thinking that if
>> it doesn't upset the OBP, that a 486DX2/50 would make a nice upgrade for
>> it (like processing power would really even matter in a one of kind
>> prototype like this... but if it has a ZIF socket, I might try it).
>> 
>> It's not up and running... I rescued it, and never got around to setting
>> it up and installing it... but I knew it was important to rescue... !
>> 
>> I won't get into where, how, or the effort I went through to rescue this
>> thing from the scrap dump in the sky !
>> 
>> -- Curt
>> 
>> >Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:05:16 -0600
>> >From: Geoff Koehler <koehler at shaw.ca>
>> >To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>> >Subject: [rescue] Sun 486i !!
>> >
>> >> I also have a 486i (of which I think there were less than 200 made and
>> >> they were all prototype/demo).  It too was an east coast project.
>> >
>> >Sun 486i !!   Pictures, please :) - I thought these were myths.......
>> >
>> >
>> >-- 
>> >Cheers,
>> >	Geoff.
>> >
>> >                                  
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>> > leads to downtime.  Downtime leads to suffering.  NT is the path
>> > to the darkside."        -- Unknown UNIX Jedi
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