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'''SPARCstation''',<br/>
a series of [[SPARC]] based [[Unix]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation workstations] by [[Sun Microsystems]], evolving from the [[Sun#4|Sun-4]] line in the late 80s to compete with high-end [[IBM PC|PCs]] or [[Macintosh|Macs]].
The '''SPARCstation 1''', first sold in April 1989. It featured several distinctive design elements driven by [[Mathematician#ABechtolsheim|Andy Bechtolsheim]], such as the paper sheet sized [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard motherboard] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBus SBus] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_card expansion cards], allowing a compact footprint of the machine <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_1 SPARCstation 1 from Wikipedia]</ref>.

=Chess Programs=
SPARCstations were used by severel chess programs during the early 90s, in particular at the [[DOCCC 1992]] and the [[WCCC 1992]]:
* [[Ares]]
* [[Delicate Brute]]
* [[Duck]]
* [[GNU Chess]]
* [[HIARCS]]
* [[Touch]]
* [[Ulysses]]

=See also=
* [[SPARC]]
* [[Sun]]
* [[Sun Microsystems]]

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation SPARCstation from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_1 SPARCstation 1 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_2 SPARCstation 2 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_IPC SPARCstation IPC]

=References=
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