SAVING a 30-year old Sun workstation! - ISP Series Episode 2

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While we may have left on a cliffhanger in our first ISP episode, this might be our most extensive video to date. We get up close with the SPARCclassic, and delve into the hardware and software that will power our early-90s ISP. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport #90s #internet #technology 00:00 — Loading complete 00:24 — Preserving the history 01:05 — The SPARCclassic 03:24 — Starting the repair 04:52 — Power supply 15:45 — NVRAM 16:42 — Floppy drive 19:14 — Case 22:15 — Reassembly 25:56 — NVRAM programming 28:05 — Installation server 30:09 — Solaris 2.6 install 33:53 — First boot 35:48 — Connecting a modem 38:05 — User #1 38:59 — Outro Huge thanks to: Foudroie for the wonderful music from their album "The Journey" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YoRx3P8CKE Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/4K8Lc2Y2YpvbgzDQW7Ektp Allem Iversom for the smooth sounds of "Chapter Two" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnTMm22T9I Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/7Fei78OltSJ3PcFyK8ahLy ...and Downtown Binary for the mega "Astral" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bC__mwZ6EQ Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGa6ryU3GodJXBlFCAqNj?si=qWn-JoZzRUebT3PBIMA_qw Above music provided by Lofi Girl. References: Ashdown, Pete. Video Interview. Conducted by Serial Port, July 2023. Jordiferrer (2012). CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_AS-400_9404-B10.jpg cmnit (2007). CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computer_Museum_Sun-1.jpg Thomas Schanz (2014). CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HP-HP9000-C110-Workstation_10.jpg Stephen Edmonds (2011). CC BY-SA 2.5 AU. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DECStation_5000_(white_bg).jpg Erkaha (2015). CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modem_US_Robotics_Courier_Dual_Standard.jpg The Internet. Computer Chronicles, 1993. Processor Performance (MIPS). 2023. https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/sin-charts