Subj : Re: NetBSD 10
To   : apam
From : tenser
Date : Wed Apr 03 2024 08:10 am

On 02 Apr 2024 at 09:06a, apam pondered and said...
 
 ap> Is sun4 the pizza box one? or is that sun3? It's been a long time since
 ap> I had my sun machines. Though at the time I found OpenBSD ran a little
 ap> better - though I am sure NetBSD has improved over time too.

Sun4, sun4c, and sun4m all refer to variants of the 32-bit SPARC
architecture.  For that matter, so does sun4v, but you're unlikely
to run across one of those machines unless you've got a lot of
space and a big budget for power.  This is distinct from sun4u,
which was the 64-bit UltraSPARC architecture.  Often when someone
says "sun4" they're informally referring to the 32-bit machines;
these came in a variety of form-factors: the famous "pizzabox"
machines like the SPARCstation 1, SS1+, SS2, SS10, etc; the "shoebox"
like the LX, IPX and IPC, a deskside format like the Sun 4/280, a
variety of rackmountable server configurations that could also be
floor standing (the 670 and others).  There were some that were
diskless (they booted off of the network) and had integrated black
and white monitors: the SLC and ELC.

They were mostly nice machines.

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