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    The SPARCstation 1 (Sun 4/60, code-named Campus) is the first of the SPARCstation series of SPARC-based computer workstations sold by Sun Microsystems...
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    that were developed and sold by Sun Microsystems. The first SPARCstation was the SPARCstation 1 (also known as the Sun 4/60), introduced in 1989. The series...
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    SPARCstation 5 or SS5 (code-named Aurora) is a workstation introduced by Sun Microsystems in March 1994. It is based on the sun4m architecture, and is...
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    inexpensive desktop computer for the educational market. The result was the SPARCstation 1 (known as "campus"), the start of another line of Sun products. In 1995...
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    with the SPARCstation 20. The 40 MHz SPARCstation 10 without external cache was the reference for the SPEC CPU95 benchmark. The SPARCstation 10 (SS10)...
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    The SPARCstation IPC (Sun 4/40, code-named Phoenix) is a workstation sold by Sun Microsystems, introduced July 1990. It is based on the sun4c architecture...
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    The SPARCstation 20 or SS20 (code-named Kodiak) is a discontinued Sun Microsystems workstation introduced in March 1994 based on the SuperSPARC or hyperSPARC...
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  • 4500 and 5500 Campus — Sun SPARCStation 1 Campus+ — Sun SPARCStation 1+ Campus2 — Sun SPARCStation 10 Campus2+ — Sun SPARCStation 10SX and 10BSX Canary —...
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    bus system that was used in most SPARC-based computers (including all SPARCstations) from Sun Microsystems and others during the 1990s. It was introduced...
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    Microsystems workstations sold in the 1990s, most notably the SPARCstation 1 and SPARCstation 5. Other notable examples have been among the highest-performing...
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    The SPARCstation IPX (Sun 4/50, code-named Hobbes) is a workstation that was sold by Sun Microsystems, introduced July 1991. It is based on the sun4c architecture...
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  • with the μ-law logarithmic encoding. This encoding was native to the SPARCstation 1 hardware, where SunOS exposed the encoding to application programs through...
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  • models were also assigned Sun-4-series model numbers. For example, the SPARCstation 1 was also known as the Sun 4/60. This practice was phased out with the...
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    The SPARCstation 2, or SS2 (code named Calvin, Sun 4/75) is a SPARC workstation computer sold by Sun Microsystems. It is based on the sun4c architecture...
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    Computing Machinery: 1–12. doi:10.1145/3491102.3502056. hdl:10044/1/95775. ISBN 978-1-4503-9157-3. Kanellos, Michael. "PCs: More than 1 billion served". CNET...
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    benchmark, computing all prime numbers less than 65536, was tested on a Sun SPARCstation 1 in 1992. In C, it took less than half a second; the same program in...
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  • SunOS (redirect from SunOS 4.1)
    computer systems. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4, which were based on BSD, while versions 5.0 and later are based on...
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    algorithm is also used in the .au format, which dates back at least to the SPARCstation 1 by Sun Microsystems as the native method used by the /dev/audio interface...
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    stations called the Sun SPARCstation 1. We’re developing, and they’re these Unix boxes, and they crashed quite a bit." On November 1, 2018, Masuda stated...
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    developed several generations of SPARC-based computer systems, including the SPARCstation, Ultra, and Sun Blade series of workstations, and the SPARCserver, Netra...
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    shipped with Sun-3 systems. In 1989, coincident with the launch of the SPARCstation 1, Sun launched three new Sun-3 models, the 3/80, 3/470 and 3/480. Unlike...
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    Acorn's R140 compared unfavourably with other 1989 models such as the Sun SPARCstation 1 and Digital DECstation 3100, particularly with regard to floating-point...
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    core FPU design in a short time and LSI Logic fabbed a device for the SPARCstation 1. A major difference over the T800 FPU was that it fully implemented...
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    Stanford University (1984). Gorenberg was a member of the original SPARCstation 1 team at Sun Microsystems. He joined software venture capital firm Hummer...
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  • The SPARCstation LX (Sun 4/30) is a workstation that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Sun Microsystems. Introduced in November 1992, it is based...
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    name Sunergy with the SPARCclassic X, SPARCstation LX, and SPARCstation ZX. It was replaced by the SPARCstation 4 in February 1994. The SPARCclassic incorporates...
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    workstations were anticipated at this $5,000 price point during 1990. Sun's SPARCstation 1, introduced alongside the 3/80, had cost $8,995 for the diskless version...
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    Sun Hydra 3/80, SPARCstation 1, SPARCstation 2, SPARCstation 10 and SPARCstation IPX computer motherboard. Whitechapel Computer Works MG-1 NS32016-based...
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    Minix (redirect from Minix 1.0)
    SPARC architectures, supporting the Atari ST, Amiga, Macintosh, and Sun SPARCstation computer platforms. There were also unofficial ports to Intel 386 PC...
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    first model in the Ultra series of Sun computers, which succeeded the SPARCstation series. It launched in November 1995 alongside the MP-capable Ultra 2...
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