> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:02:46 -0700
> From: Greg Earle <earle@isolar.Tujunga.CA.US>

> Bzzzt.  The Solbourne workstations are far different than Sun's SPARCstations
> and don't run NetBSD.  End of story.
> 
> The Solbourne OS/MP 4.1C, while based on SunOS 4.1.3, is also quite different
> to accomodate the not-insignificant differences in the Solbourne hardware vis
> a vis Sun's.

I heard that the only significant difference from a sparc2 was that
the solbourne used a different floppy controller.  (3rd hand info)

> If you want to try porting NetBSD/SPARC to those Solbournes, well, good luck.
> Maybe Warner Losh is out there somewhere and could offer some advice; but I
> suspect it would be more like sympathy at this point.  You've been saddled
> with dead-end hardware.

What's wrong with dead end hardware?
(asks the sun3 user 8^)

Gordon