perishthethoughtFeb 4, 2024

Found this ancient tome recently...

https://lemm.ee/post/22747309

Found this ancient tome recently... - lemm.ee

Around 2000 or so, I used to work in tech support for a software company who had like 5000 Windows-based customers and 5 running Solaris. My boss chose me to learn Solaris when the previous “expert” left. I bought this book and started hacking. Good times!

Show threadzcd
In high school I had Sun sparc 5 And then an ultra 60, Solaris was a pretty sweet OS back in the day
Feb 4, 2024 at 3:17amWeb
Show threadRamin HonaryFeb 4, 2024
How did you get a Sun Sparc 5 and Ultra 60 as a high school student? You were able to get them used from a college that had recently upgraded or something?
Show threadzcdFeb 4, 2024
In the late 90s they were a couple hundred bucks on eBay. Passed their usefulness as workstations
Show threadArghblargFeb 4, 2024
Hmm, if you could find a SCSI3->2 adapter, and then a SCSI->CompactFlash drive, you might be able to cobble a working solution together?
Show threadramius345Feb 4, 2024
I think you need a blue SCSI.
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Show threadHAL_9_TRILLIONFeb 4, 2024
Solaris? The OS that shipped without a compiler? Yeah, it was like, so great.
Show threadcorsicanguppyFeb 5, 2024

Solaris is actually kinda cool now. It was based on a great OS and actually has been improved since.

We can’t do much about who owns it, but I’m glad to see someone’s looking after it – unlike when IBM found the loophole and reverted AT&T Unix ownership back to novell to just rot. Good job.