[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[silcreval]

HI Walter

Thats an awesome list of systems. I have a similar collection and use the machines every day. The Sun obsession runs deep :-)

I'm still waiting for the 'newer' T7/M7 servers to drop to a reasonable price, but dealers are still asking crazy prices for these despite them being what nearly a decade old ?

You do see T4/T5 machines for 'reasonable' money these days.

- Ian




On 11 Apr 2026, at 12:27, Walter Belgers via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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>> On 9 Apr 2026, at 01:44, Dan Moisa via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>> FWIW I'm collecting* a bunch, and usually interested in sun3, Voyager/tadpole and pre-sparc stuff. You don't have to throw it away, just pass it on to the next generation :)
> 
> It's actually not easy to find interested people (next generation or not) that want to take over systems (other than the very unique ones). The discussion did make me think about what to do. If there are people out there trying to keep systems working and are looking for specific parts, send me an e-mail. Note that I am in the Netherlands.
> 
>> Would folks be willing to share ls -R of your hoard? Did anyone make an index somewhere already?
> 
> A short overview. Many systems I have multiple of:
> 
> Sun1: Kontron PSI Ψ 9068 with 501-0600 "Sun1.5" CPU board
> Sun2: 2/50, 2/120
> Sun3: 3/50 (with and without dimple), 3/60, 3/75, 3/80, 3/110
> Sun386i: Sun386i/250 with disk expansion
> Sun4: 4/110, 1, 1+, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, X-terminal 1, Classic, Classic X, IPX, IPC, LX, ELC, SLC, SunScreen SPF-100, T-SPARCstation 2, SPARCserver 1000
> Ultra: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60  
> Blade: 100, 150, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500 silver, 2500 beige, 2500 red
> Netra: i4, i5, T1/105, T1/AC200, T1000, T2000, X1
> Fire: V100, V210, V250, B1600, X2200
> Server: V20z, V40z
> Portable: Naturetech GENIALstation 737S, Voyager, SPARCbook 3, SPARCbook, RDI Powerlite, RDI PrecisionBook
> Ray: 1, 1G, 100, 2, 3 
> Javastation: NC (Krups), 1 (Mr Coffee) (both colours)
> Clones: Fujitsu SS5, TRITEC SS20, Tatung SS10, Solair SS5, Solair SS10, Axil SS10
> Parts: too many to mention, sbus, VME, mbus, speakers, camera's, suntuner, CPUs, disks, SIMMS, ..
> Documentation: boxes full of it
> Media: boxes full of original tapes, CDs and DVDs 
> Promo: body warmer, mugs, pens, sled, pens, mouse mats and much more
> 
> In the past few days, I tested 25 systems (alle pizza/lunchbox). A few need a re-install and three are just dead (of which 2 lunchboxes, which are notorious for their PSU's I believe). Also, there's many with the original (now empty) NVRAM. I thought I had fixed quite a few, but not nearly as much as I thought. I might spend some time on soldering batteries onto a lot of NVRAM chips before I shelve them.
> 
> Regards,
> Walter.
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