MultibusMultibus is a computer bus standard used in industrial systems. It was developed by Intel Corporation and was adopted as the IEEE 796 bus. The Multibus specification was important because it was a robust, well-thought out industry standard with a relatively large form factor, so complex devices could be designed on it. Because it was a well-defined and well-documented industry standard, it allowed a Multibus-compatible industry to grow around it, with many companies making card cages and enclosures for it.
Sun-1Sun-1 was the first generation of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in May 1982. These were based on a CPU board designed by Andy Bechtolsheim while he was a graduate student at Stanford University and funded by DARPA. The Sun-1 systems ran SunOS 0.9, a port of UniSoft's UniPlus V7 port of Seventh Edition UNIX to the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, with no window system. Affixed to the case of early Sun-1 workstations and servers is a red bas relief emblem with the word SUN spelled using only symbols shaped like the letter U.
Sun-3Sun-3 is a series of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched on September 9, 1985. The Sun-3 series are VMEbus-based systems similar to some of the earlier Sun-2 series, but using the Motorola 68020 microprocessor, in combination with the Motorola 68881 floating-point co-processor (optional on the Sun 3/50) and a proprietary Sun MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in SunOS versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in NetBSD and Linux.
Sun386iThe Sun386i (codenamed Roadrunner) is a discontinued hybrid UNIX workstation/PC compatible computer system produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1988. It is based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor but shares many features with the contemporary Sun-3 series systems. Unlike the Sun-3 models, the Sun386i has a PC-like motherboard and "mini-tower"-style chassis. Two variants were produced, the Sun386i/150 and the Sun386i/250 with a 20 or 25 MHz CPU respectively.
Sun-4Sun-4 is a series of Unix workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1987. The original Sun-4 series were VMEbus-based systems similar to the earlier Sun-3 series, but employing microprocessors based on Sun's own SPARC V7 RISC architecture in place of the 68k family processors of previous Sun models. Sun 4/280 was known as base system that was used for building of first RAID prototype. Models are listed in approximately chronological order. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Model !Codename !CPU board !CPU !CPU MHz !Max.
NetBSDthumb|Filiation des systèmes Unix. NetBSD est un système d'exploitation libre de type Unix BSD dérivé de 386BSD et de Net/2 (4.3BSD-Lite). NetBSD est entièrement fondé sur des logiciels libres, la plupart des composants étant soumis à la Licence BSD. Le système détient le record sur le nombre d'architectures compatibles ; il peut en effet être utilisé sur plus de cinquante architectures différentes. Cette portabilité est un point central du projet, si bien que sa devise est que face à tout ordinateur, on peut déclarer : « Bien sûr, cela fonctionne avec NetBSD » (de l'anglais « Of course it runs NetBSD »).
SunOSSunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4, which were based on BSD, while versions 5.0 and later are based on UNIX System V Release 4 and are marketed under the brand name Solaris. SunOS 1 only supported the Sun-2 series systems, including Sun-1 systems upgraded with Sun-2 (68010) CPU boards. SunOS 2 supported Sun-2 and Sun-3 (68020) series systems.
Famille Motorola 68000vignette|Un processeur Motorola 68000 Motorola 680x0 ou M68k ou 68k désigne la famille de microprocesseurs CISC compatibles avec l'architecture du Motorola 68000 : les principaux membres étant les Motorola 68000, 68020, 68030, 68040 et 68060. Dans les années 1980, cette famille était souvent comparée à la famille x86 d'Intel et considérée comme concurrente. Les microprocesseurs m68k ont notamment équipé tous les Macintosh des années 1980, tous les Amiga, les Atari ST, la Mega Drive et de nombreuses stations de travail, dont les premières de Sun Microsystems.
Sun Microsystemsétait un constructeur d’ordinateurs et un éditeur de logiciels américain. Le , Sun est racheté par Oracle Corporation pour 7,4 milliards de dollars. Avant son rachat, le chiffre d’affaires de l’entreprise était de de dollars pour l'année fiscale 2007-2008 et l’effectif d’environ (2006). Sun était présent dans plus de (2005). Le nom Sun vient de Stanford University Network (réseau de l’université Stanford). Sun a produit des serveurs et stations de travail fondés sur les processeurs m68k, SPARC et x86, et le système d’exploitation Solaris, anciennement SunOS.