SAVING a 30-year old Sun workstation! - ISP Series Episode 2

While we may have left on a cliffhanger in our first ISP episode, this might be our most extensive video to date. We get up close with the SPARCclassic, and delve into the hardware and software that will power our early-90s ISP.

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00:00 — Loading complete
00:24 — Preserving the history
01:05 — The SPARCclassic
03:24 — Starting the repair
04:52 — Power supply
15:45 — NVRAM
16:42 — Floppy drive
19:14 — Case
22:15 — Reassembly
25:56 — NVRAM programming
28:05 — Installation server
30:09 — Solaris 2.6 install
33:53 — First boot
35:48 — Connecting a modem
38:05 — User #1
38:59 — Outro

Huge thanks to:

Foudroie for the wonderful music from their album "The Journey"
Watch:    • Foudroie - The Journey 🌇 [synthwave/c...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/4K8Lc2...

Allem Iversom for the smooth sounds of "Chapter Two"
Watch:    • Allem Iversom x Dontcry - Chapter Two...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...

...and Downtown Binary for the mega "Astral"
Watch:    • Downtown Binary - Astral [synthwave/c...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGa6r...

Above music provided by Lofi Girl.

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