alt Hacker NewsSmall addition: there were also the x86-based Sun 386i models, running up to SunOS 4.0.2.
(The Sun 386i didn't get SunOS 4.1 nor Solaris 2, at least not at our site, where we had a few sitting around in empty cubicles, and occasionally used for random things.)
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panick21_ • 10/03/2024
Same guy who did the non-PC compatible x86 for DEC where it also failed. This was kind of the brainchild of Sun East-Coast.
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> x86-based Sun 386i models, running up to SunOS 4.0.2
oh gosh, I always forget about those, thanks! around here, it was mostly the 68k suns, followed by sparc. the 386 unix variants were mostly sequent.
I remember one fun job interview in the 90's, where before we went to grab beer the interviewer (my future boss) stopped in the office and said "and this will be your sparc" - to be quite honest, that was such a huge perk!