The Old Suns Picture Archive
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"HAL" CGI based picture archive of Sun Equipment
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and
"HAL" CGI based picture archive of SGI Equipment
MIPS-4, for Silicon Graphics systems
This page last updated: October 31st 2000

Sun 3/3x Series Pictures

NEW!!!! Sun 3/280 of Robert F Schaefer - He gets his own page!
The front of a 160 Rackmount and the back of a 160 deskside Part of Sun promotional materials, I think.
Sun 3/260 front view
Sun 3/260 rear view
Sun 3/50 front view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/50 side view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Another Sun 3/50 3/4 side view with Monitor
Sun 3/50 rear view Note: This has a 3/60 board in it. Picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/50 VME Board Part of Sun promotional materials, I think.
Layout illustration of the Sun 3/50 VME Board
Sun 3/60 front view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/60 side view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/60 back view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/60 VME Board picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/60 back view with board sticking out picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/60 front view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sun 3/470 front view picture contributed by: Ryan Stapleton
Another shot of Sun 3/470 front view picture contributed by: Ryan Stapleton
Sun 3/470 back view picture contributed by: Ryan Stapleton
Another Sun 3/470 view picture contributed by: Ryan Stapleton
yet another Sun 3/470 view picture contributed by: Ryan Stapleton
A 3 slot VME chassis Like the 3/110 or the 4/110
a COLOR 3/60 Motherboard The framebuffer has 4 BNC connectors
a closeup of the color framebuffer for this 3/60 check out the video ram
a reverse side view of the color framebuffer for the 3/60


CDS3000 Series Pictures

The CDS3000 was a Sun 3 deskside chassis clone. While not made by Sun, it used VME cards and ran SunOS.
A view of the CDS3000 (mostly disassembled) picture contributed by: Kent McConnell
A view of something... picture contributed by: Kent McConnell
One of the VME cards for the CDS3000 picture contributed by: Kent McConnell
A view of the back of the CDS3000 showing the backplane (12 slot chassis) picture contributed by: Kent McConnell


Sun 386i Series Pictures

This was Sun's only Intel CPU based line. After this, they switched to Sparc RISC processors.
The front of a 386i picture contributed by: David Cantrell
The back of a 386i picture contributed by: David Cantrell
The insides of a 386i picture contributed by: David Cantrell


Sun 4/75 VME System

This is a VME based Graphics Processor (framebuffer system), also called a GT framebuffer. A separate tower that held 2 VME boards and connected to a S-Bus host card, used in S-Bus based Sparc systems. It provides a significant offloading of the processor during rendering, and gives 24 bit color with 16 megs of framebuffer memory, and high-quality video output. No longer supported after SunOs 4.1.4 )
The front of a 4/75 Tower picture contributed by: George Adkins
The Video card (VME) picture contributed by: George Adkins
Closeup of the Sun Logo and name picture contributed by: George Adkins
This is the back of the Framebuffer, showing outputs picture contributed by: George Adkins
Closeup of back of Framebuffer picture contributed by: George Adkins
The Graphics Pre-Processor board picture contributed by: George Adkins
Another view of the Graphics Pre-Processor board (it has 2 layers) picture contributed by: George Adkins
The back of the Tower Unit picture contributed by: George Adkins
S-Bus host adapter card (connects to the Graphics Pre-Processor via 68 pin cable) picture contributed by: George Adkins


More SPARC VME Systems

Many Sparc VME systems were Sun3 VME systems with upgraded CPU and memory boards. However, Sun continued to build and support a Sparc VME series, the last being the 690MP -- a machine that had every Sun Bus -- VME, SBUS and MBUS.
(updated October 31 2000) A Sun 4/330 with Monitor Nice Pic contributed by: Michael Dwyer
A Sun 4/330 CPU Card with HD and keyboard for reference. Picture contributed by: Michael Dwyer
The front of a 4/330
The Main VME board of a 4/630 Note all the empty 30 pin SIMM slots
A SparcServer 670MP The last of the VME machines, has VME, MBUS and SBUS slots
The MainBoard of a SparcServer 670MP I'd swear this machine has 12 CPU's!! I thought the max was 4?
Front and Rear of a SparcServer 670MP
Another Pic of a 670MP with Monitor and Keyboard
Closeup of the nameplate -- with a tacked on "MP"
Rear of the 670MP, with cables and connectors
One of the cards in the 670MP, but this is NOT the CPU card
This is the 670MP CPU card -- Note the CPU MBUS module, lower right, and two SBUS cards, upper left. the center card is a twoslot framebuffer. Only the first two banks or RAM are filled.


Sparc Pizzabox Chassis Pictures

Most Pizzabox Chassis systems look very much alike. This section covers the SS1, SS1+ and SS2.
Sparc Station 1+ front view
A "campus" motherboard from a Sparc Station 1
Empty Sparc 1+ - showing where the HD's and floppy would have been!
An "Aries Research Parrot II" -- a Sparc 2 Clone (front view)
An "Aries Research Parrot II" -- a Sparc 2 Clone (rear view)


Sparc Lunchbox Chassis Pictures

Most Lunchbox Chassis systems look very much alike. This section covers the IPC, IPX and Sparc Classic.
(Updated Oct. 31 2000) a BIG (600k) 3-way image of an IPX
Sparc IPX front & rear view Very clear shot
Sparc IPX front view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sparc IPX side view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sparc IPX back view picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sparc IPX with top and bottom halves on desk picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sparc IPX inside view (framebuffer in slot 1) picture contributed by: John Weaver
Another Sparc IPX inside view (framebuffer removed) picture contributed by: John Weaver
Sparc Classic (shot with a quickcam) picture contributed by: Ben Brunning
Another shot of Sparc Classic picture contributed by: Ben Brunning
Yet another Sparc Classic shot picture contributed by: Ben Brunning
a much cleaner Sparc Classic shot
a Sparc Classic-X (front) The Classic-X was a diskless version of the CLassic
a Sparc Classic-X (rear) Note the blocked ports, as those aren't needed in a diskless machine.
a Sparc Classic-X (interior)


Sparc Monitor Chassis Systems

Most Monitor Chassis systems look very much alike. The computer is built into the rear of the monitor. This section covers the SLC & ELC
ELC (or SLC) front view
ELC (or SLC) rear view


More Modern Sparc Pizzaboxes

Most Pizzabox Chassis systems look very much alike. This section covers the SS4 through SS20.
Sparc Station 10 front view
Sparc Station 10 rear view
Sparc Station 10 inside view Showing 1 HD, a floppy, ram and CPU. Note the 3 fans.
another Sparc Station 10 inside view Who says these things don't have enough cooling?
Sparc Station 10 CPU module close up
Sparc Station 10 front and rear
Sparc Station 10 (large) interior shot Clean and sharp image. Note dual processors and GX card.
Sparc Station 20 front view
Sparc Station 20 Interior This machine has a SM61 Processor and a TGX Framebuffer
Another View of Sparc Station 20 Interior This machine has a SM61 Processor and a TGX Framebuffer
Sparc Station 20 With Type 5 Keyboard and Type 5 mouse (not optical)
Sparc Station 20 front + side view (you can see the CDROM and floppy)
Sparc Station 20 inside view Note the Dual ROSS processor(s)
Sparc Station 4 front and rear (Wide Picture)
Sparc Station 4 front
Sparc Station 4 interior Note that the single drive bay is above the mainboard, while the "usual" spots are empty.


S-Bus Framebuffers! (and other Odd Periperhals)

As there are a plethora of different sbus cards, I've added a section to try and deal with it. I also suggest you read the framebuffer FAQ for more info (and more pictures!).
Top view of a CG3 Framebuffer picture contributed by: John Weaver
Top view of a CG3 Framebuffer
Top view of a dual-sbus GX Framebuffer This particular card takes two slots - but look at all that video RAM!
Top view of a single slot TGX Framebuffer Newer Type for Sparc 10,20,5,4.
Top view of a 24-bit ZX Framebuffer This particular card takes two slots and is a double-deckered card.
64 Extra Megabytes for Sparc2/IPX Okay, it's not a framebuffer, but this RARE card, allows a SS2 or IPX to go to 128MB RAM.
A Sparc 10 Speakerbox Presumed to be only for the Sparc 10 -- here's it's mystery!
Rear view of Speakerbox Okay look at the connector
Rear view of Sparc 10 Now look at this connector
Rear view of Sparc 20 So, will the box work on a Sparc 20 as well?
Speakerbox Pics Here's more views - from an Ebay auction


Misc. Stuff

This is whatever didn't fit into any of the above categories.
The famous 3-D logo you see from a CG6 Framebuffer This appears when you first power up any CG6 equipped Sparc.
A 15" Sun / Nokia Monitor Small Color Monitor built for Sun. 13w3 Connector
The ever-popular Weitek "Power-Up" Doubles the processor of a SS2 or IPX. Plug-in CPU replacement.
Dual SM61 module Dual CPU module for SS10 and SS20 systems (and 670MP)
A Sun CDROM in external case
A front/rear view of a caddy CDROM in external case
A Sun 411 external case probably used for a single 3.5 HD
A Sun 411 external case, with an open face Commonly used for a CDROM
A Sun 911 HD Case This holds four 3.5" drives in a lunchbox style chassis
SUN RAID Front View A hot swappable RAID enclosure - 300 Gigabytes, anyone?
SUN RAID Top Down View Yes, those purple/grey pieces are each drives - yow! The unit can hold 30 drives
A somewhat blurry picture composite of a Sparc Server 1000
A Sparc Server 1000 with a RAID box
Type 3 and Type 4 Keyboards Compared picture contributed by: Brian Cirulnick
Type 5 Keyboard No mouse though!
Front view of Soundbox possibly from a SparcStation 10 picture contributed by: John Weaver
Side view of Soundbox possibly from a SparcStation 10 picture contributed by: John Weaver
Rear view of Soundbox possibly from a SparcStation 10 picture contributed by: John Weaver
Front view of Type 4 Keyboard & Mouse picture contributed by: John Weaver
Closeup of Type 4 Keyboard picture contributed by: John Weaver
Top view of Type 4 Mouse picture contributed by: John Weaver
A third party 32 Meg VME Card