[rescue] Looking for sun4 SunOS4 QIC tapes

[Andrew Liles]

My google-fu must be off... I've had no success finding sun4/sun4c tape
images. I have found the floppy distribution of 4.0.3c, but nothing has
cropped up for 4.1/4.1.1/4.1.2 sun4c, and it seems that distribution moved to
CD-ROM in the later releases (4.1.3, 4.1.4, etc). Most of the tape images I've
found have been for sun2/sun3/sun3x. If I'm missing something obvious I'd
certainly appreciate a nudge in the right direction!

-a.


> On Aug 27, 2017, at 8:42 AM, Jerry Kemp <sun.mail.list47 at oryx.us> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I don't have any physical tapes, but there are images, out there on
the Internets, for SunOS 2.x, 3.X and 4.x easily available for someone who
might search for them.
>
> Actual applications, including FrameMaker, not so easy to come by.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On 08/27/17 10:11 AM, Andrew Liles wrote:
>> Makes me wish I had some sun3 hardware... I'm sure some of the sun3 guys
would
>> love to have dumps of a lot of those tapes.
>>
>> The 4.0.3 SPARC tapes and FrameMaker tapes are very interesting to me,
>> though...
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 3:13 AM, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi There
>>>
>>> So I have original tapes as follows and also a tape drive to read them
>>> (may need some maint as I haven't used it in 15 years). tapes look
>>> visually OK but I think the last time I booted a system or used one
>>> would have been about 1998...
>>>
>>> SunOS 4.0.3 export SPARC part number 700-2154-10 Rev A. QIC24/9 tape 1
>>> boot and tape 2 of 2
>>> 1.1 News SUNBIN Sun2 Sun3 tar format QIC24 part number 700-1603-10 Rev A
>>> tape 1 of 1
>>> SunOS 4.0.3 export 68030 part number 700-2152-10 rev A QIC24/9 tape 1
>>> boot and tape 2 of 2
>>> SunOS 4.0 export 68020 part numbe r700-1610-10 Rev A QIC24/9 tape1 boot
>>> and tape 2 of 2
>>> SunOS 4.0.1 export 68020 part number 700-2016-11 Rev A tape 1 of 1
>>> 1.0 OpenWindows (BETA 2) Sun-3 tar format QIC24 partnumber 700-2102-06
>>> Rev 50
>>> FrameMaker Version 3.0 for Sun 3/Sun4/Sun i386 SunOS 3.0 or greater
>>> SunOS for the 386i including 4.0.2 upgrade kit and hareare diagnostic
>>> disks
>>>
>>> unfortunatley I no longer have my 3/50,3/60,3/110,3/260,3/330 or 4/260
>>> to test them on but I could at least create CPIO images if needed....but
>>> I might have to restore a drive first
>>>
>>> no promises but if you are in need please let me know
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Aug 2017, at 11:23 AM, Andrew Liles wrote:
>>>> Looking specifically for the 2x QIC-24 SunOS 4.0.3c sun4c SUNBIN tapes
>>>> but any
>>>> tapes relevant to the SunOS 4.0 - 4.1.4 era for SPARC would be nice to
>>>> have.
>>>> Were tape distros made for sun4m machines?
>>>>
>>>> Ibm sure many of these tapes are degrading at this point and Ibm not
>>>> seeing a whole lot of preservation of pre-Solaris SunOS releases for
>>>> SPARC
>>>> around - maybe Ibm mistaken! Also seemingly hard to locate are any of
>>>> the
>>>> optional distribution tapes for SunOS4 sun4 - like OpenWindows 1.0, etc.
>>>>
>>>> sun3arc.org <http://sun3arc.org/> seems to be a great source for 68k-era
>>>> machines but havenbt found an equivalent for sun4[emc]
>>>>
>>>> Would be happy with the physical tapes themselves or dumps of the
>>>> contents.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -a.
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