Reviving a Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/reviving-a-cursed-sun-sparcstation-ipx/
Reviving a Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/reviving-a-cursed-sun-sparcstation-ipx/
Compiling old games on my #sparcstation . Mirror Magic II from 1994 already works, even with audio! I remembered the plain old Linux sound interface is compatible to #Solaris‘. This game originally was ported from the Amiga and still is super enjoyable. I was able to obtain the 1.0 source code from a very early Linux pre-distro code archive.
The original author still enhances it continuously by adding more play modes:
https://www.artsoft.org/mirrormagic/
🪛 Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and NVRAM
#restoration #retrocomputing #SPARCstation https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/restoring-a-sun-sparcstation-ipx-part-1-psu-and-nvram
🎶 New blog post / it's one you can read / this Sun's Timekeeper is toast / so why don't we / cut a hole in it with a Dremel? 🎶
#sparc #sunos #sparcstation #retrocomputing #powertoolabuse
https://www.leadedsolder.com/2025/12/30/sparcstation-1-timekeeper-battery-fix-dremel.html
Someone's old Sun SPARCstation IPX fan page I ran across today, randomly.
I love old pages like this.
https://williambader.com/museum/sunipx/sunipx.html
#SUN #SPARC #SPARCstation #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #oldwebsites #derelictpages #workstations #Solaris #SunOS
Ok, here's the blog post!
If you've wanted to party like it's 1994 and experience life on planet #Unix _before_ Solaris, why not try a bit of #RetroComputing and try #SunOS 4 on an emulated #SPARCstation 5? https://apintandaparma.club/cos/falling-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-nostalgia-episode-1-sunos-4
Falling down a rabbit hole of nostalgia, episode 1 - SunOS 4
(or: running SunOS 4 on an emulated SPARCstation in 2025 with QEMU 10.1.) [...]
https://apintandaparma.club/cos/falling-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-nostalgia-episode-1-sunos-4