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Reviving a Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX

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Reviving a Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/reviving-a-cursed-sun-sparcstation-ipx/
#Retrocomputing #Solaris #Sparc #Sparcstation #Sun #SunOS

Reviving A Cursed Sun SPARCstation IPX

The best part about retro computing is the idea that you’ll save some poor system from being scrapped and revive it to a working state, at which point you can bask in the glory of a job well …

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Iggi 2d ago

After 3 years it was time to power-on one my beauties my #sun #color #sparcstation #voyager 😍 Running #next #openstep 4.2. this beauty has 80MB RAM and the AC/DC converter has been fixed and recapped by my esteemed #amiga friend @ClaudeSchwarz one of the masterminds behind #pistorm for AMIGA. 🙏🏻

Elosha 4d ago

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/

jbz Mar 10

🪛 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

Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and NVRAM

Repairing a dead power supply and replacing the NVRAM in a vintage UNIX workstation.

GripNews Mar 9

🌗 修復 Sun SPARCstation IPX 第一部分：電源供應器與 NVRAM
➤ 懷舊 UNIX 工作站的重生：老舊電源供應器的維修挑戰
✤ https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/restoring-a-sun-sparcstation-ipx-part-1-psu-and-nvram
本文探討瞭如何修復一臺經典的 Sun SPARCstation IPX 工作站。作者首先回顧了 90 年代初期 UNIX 工作站在性能和功能上如何超越當時的個人電腦，並介紹了 SPARCstation IPX 的硬體規格及其在當時的高昂售價與特定應用。接著，文章詳述了該機器的主要問題——電源供應器故障，其肇因於老舊電解電容器的失效與洩漏，這在 IPX 和 IPC 型號中屬常見現象。為了讓機器恢復運作，作者逐步說明瞭如何更換電源供應器內的所有電解電容器，並列出所使用的具體零件型號與規格。儘管 NVRAM 的修復細節在本文中尚未提及，但此篇為 S
#電子設備維修 #復古電腦 #UNIX 工作站 #電源供應器 #電容器更換 #SPARCstation IPX