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[[FILE:Sun2 CPU.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sun-2 Multibus CPU Board <ref>Sun-2 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibus Multibus] CPU Board Photo taken by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robert.Harker Robert Harker], October 2003, [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ CC BY-SA 2.5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-2 Sun-2 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Sun-x''',<br/>
a series of [[Unix|UNIX]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation workstations] and servers by [[Sun Microsystems]] using [[Motorola]] [[68000|680x0]] 16/32-bit processors, and since Sun-4, own 32-bit [[SPARC]] processors later evolving to the [[SPARCstation]] line.
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=Sun 1=
The '''Sun-1''', launched in May 1982, was based on the [[Stanford University]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUN_workstation SUN workstation] designed by [[Mathematician#ABechtolsheim|Andy Bechtolsheim]]. The Sun 68000 board was a powerful single-board computer. It combined a 10 MHz [[Motorola]] [[68000]] microprocessor, a Sun designed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management_unit memory management unit] (MMU), 256 KB of zero wait state [[Memory|memory]] with parity, up to 32 KB of [[Memory#ROM|EPROM memory]], two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port serial ports], a 16-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_port parallel port] and an [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibus Multibus] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-1 Sun-1 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
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=Sun 2= The second generation '''Sun-2''' in late 1983 featured a 10 MHz 68010 with a proprietary MMU to be the first Sun to run a full [[Memory#Virtual|virtual memory]]. Early Sun-2 models were based on the Multibus, with later models using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus], which continued to be used in the successor Sun-3 and Sun-4 families.
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=Sun 3=
[[FILE:Sun3 CPU.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sun-3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus] CPU Board <ref>Sun-3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus] CPU Board Photo taken by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robert.Harker Robert Harker], October 2003, [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ CC BY-SA 2.5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-3 Sun-3 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The '''Sun-3''', launched in September 1985, using an [[68020]] and own MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in [[Unix|SunOS]] versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in [[Unix|NetBSD]] and [[Linux]].
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=Sun 4=
The '''Sun-4''' was launched in 1987 using Sun's own [[SPARC]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] architecture. Several variations on the Sun-4 architecture were subsequently developed and used in later computer systems produced by Sun and other vendors.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Arachne]]
* [[ChipTest]]
* [[Deep Thought]]
* [[Delicate Brute]]
* [[HiTech]]
* [[Much]]
* [[Phoenix|Sun Phoenix]]
=See also=
* [[SPARCstation]]
* [[Sun Microsystems]]
=Selected Publications=
* [[Mathematician#ABechtolsheim|Andreas Bechtolsheim]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/forest-baskett-a5813413 Forest Baskett], [[Mathematician#VPratt|Vaughan Pratt]] ('''1982'''). ''The SUN Workstation Architecture''. TR No. 229, [[Stanford University]] [http://csl.stanford.edu/ Computer Systems Laboratory], [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Sun-Workstation-Architecture-Bechtotsheim-Baskett/a7caadee1d34b2fe9c37c4097642ccc04d56660d/pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUN_workstation SUN workstation from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-music-and-art/15/218 SUN Rises - CHM Revolution] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-1 Sun-1 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-2 Sun-2 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-3 Sun-3 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun386i Sun386i from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-4 Sun-4 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation SPARCstation from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[FILE:Sun2 CPU.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sun-2 Multibus CPU Board <ref>Sun-2 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibus Multibus] CPU Board Photo taken by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robert.Harker Robert Harker], October 2003, [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ CC BY-SA 2.5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-2 Sun-2 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Sun-x''',<br/>
a series of [[Unix|UNIX]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation workstations] and servers by [[Sun Microsystems]] using [[Motorola]] [[68000|680x0]] 16/32-bit processors, and since Sun-4, own 32-bit [[SPARC]] processors later evolving to the [[SPARCstation]] line.
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=Sun 1=
The '''Sun-1''', launched in May 1982, was based on the [[Stanford University]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUN_workstation SUN workstation] designed by [[Mathematician#ABechtolsheim|Andy Bechtolsheim]]. The Sun 68000 board was a powerful single-board computer. It combined a 10 MHz [[Motorola]] [[68000]] microprocessor, a Sun designed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management_unit memory management unit] (MMU), 256 KB of zero wait state [[Memory|memory]] with parity, up to 32 KB of [[Memory#ROM|EPROM memory]], two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port serial ports], a 16-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_port parallel port] and an [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibus Multibus] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-1 Sun-1 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
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=Sun 2= The second generation '''Sun-2''' in late 1983 featured a 10 MHz 68010 with a proprietary MMU to be the first Sun to run a full [[Memory#Virtual|virtual memory]]. Early Sun-2 models were based on the Multibus, with later models using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus], which continued to be used in the successor Sun-3 and Sun-4 families.
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=Sun 3=
[[FILE:Sun3 CPU.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sun-3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus] CPU Board <ref>Sun-3 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus VMEbus] CPU Board Photo taken by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robert.Harker Robert Harker], October 2003, [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ CC BY-SA 2.5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-3 Sun-3 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The '''Sun-3''', launched in September 1985, using an [[68020]] and own MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in [[Unix|SunOS]] versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in [[Unix|NetBSD]] and [[Linux]].
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=Sun 4=
The '''Sun-4''' was launched in 1987 using Sun's own [[SPARC]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] architecture. Several variations on the Sun-4 architecture were subsequently developed and used in later computer systems produced by Sun and other vendors.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Arachne]]
* [[ChipTest]]
* [[Deep Thought]]
* [[Delicate Brute]]
* [[HiTech]]
* [[Much]]
* [[Phoenix|Sun Phoenix]]
=See also=
* [[SPARCstation]]
* [[Sun Microsystems]]
=Selected Publications=
* [[Mathematician#ABechtolsheim|Andreas Bechtolsheim]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/forest-baskett-a5813413 Forest Baskett], [[Mathematician#VPratt|Vaughan Pratt]] ('''1982'''). ''The SUN Workstation Architecture''. TR No. 229, [[Stanford University]] [http://csl.stanford.edu/ Computer Systems Laboratory], [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Sun-Workstation-Architecture-Bechtotsheim-Baskett/a7caadee1d34b2fe9c37c4097642ccc04d56660d/pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUN_workstation SUN workstation from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-music-and-art/15/218 SUN Rises - CHM Revolution] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-1 Sun-1 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-2 Sun-2 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-3 Sun-3 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun386i Sun386i from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-4 Sun-4 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation SPARCstation from Wikipedia]
=References=
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