[Coco] And on the delusional Ebay auction post today...

[Christopher Barnett Fox]

I understand there can be issues with older model SPARCstations losing
their HostID due to the NVRAM battery failing. That prevents the machine
from booting. There's a FAQ on the problem and some possible fixes:

http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

c


On 2015/04/09/, 10:16 AM, "Joe Grubbs" <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:

>One of the vendors at the HamFest last weekend had two SPARCstation 10s
>for $25 each. They looked like they were in decent shape, though there
>were no accessories. If I had known there was such demand I would've
>picked them up for you guys.
>
>There is another HamFest coming up in May. Perhaps that vendor will be
>there as well, with SPARCstations.
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 10:07:04 -0400
>> From: ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] And on the delusional Ebay auction post today...
>> 
>> Actually, I am mad :-)
>> 
>> 
>> I wanted a Sparc Station, but these were always way too expensive then
>>about 10 years ago I got this one donated to me. Yoohoo! I tested it and
>>it works fine, except for the password. It boots into Sun Os2.4. Just
>>getting the monitor from the garage to the house was an event similar to
>>that of the Egyptians moving a stone block to build the pyramids.
>> 
>> 
>> My plan was to research and find a user group, forum or people in
>>general that knew this machine and get advice from them on how to
>>circumvent the password. I see that you present some ideas in your post.
>>But Real Life really had a ball with me. I've been busy and have kept
>>putting off looking into the SunOS pwd issue. And the huge monitor does
>>not help, as I have no room in the house and the garage isn't exactly
>>work-friendly. After 10 years it is still sitting there. Getting a
>>different monitor for it (an LCD screen) hasn't been an option because
>>the Sparc Station seems to use some video standard that isn't.
>> 
>> 
>> If that isn't a definition of mad then I don't know what is ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> So if I can find a better home for it, I'll be happy (actually not so
>>much, but that's beside the point).
>> 
>> 
>> If the weather gets any better I'll try to get a picture of the Sparc
>>Station (minus the monitor) so you all can see the model. I'll follow up
>>in the evening (central time US). Salvador
>> 
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