Subject: Re: New life for Sun Ray 1s
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/17/2002 18:17:07
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 17:06:42 +0300, Valtteri Vuorikoski wrote:

> We have a bunch of Sun Ray 1 boxen (Sun's "thin client" terminals) we
> aren't really using for anything. Does anyone know what's inside these
> things (most of the interesting chips have heatsinks glued on) and
> whether they (the Rays themselves, that is) can be made to run some
> useful OS?

AFAIK, the CPU is microSPARC-IIep @100MHz (also found in Krups
JavaStation and CP1200 board).  There's only 8Mb of memory though.
Perhaps, it might be possible to squeeze in a really trimmed down
kernel to use it as, say, a VNC client.

Hmm, can you sell/loan me one?

SY, Uwe
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