Sun-1 Dead
Sun-1
KindMachine
Introduced1982
Discontinued1986
StatusDead
ManufacturerSun Microsystems
ClassWorkstation
PlatformMotorola 68000
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Stanford University Network, productized — a $5,000 VME board stuffed into a desk enclosure, running Unix. The founding product of Sun Microsystems.
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Created by Sun Microsystems
Hosted SunOS
Bechtolsheim's Stanford Network board — the 'SUN workstation' — became Sun-1 (1982): a 68000 CPU board, 1 MB RAM, Ethernet, running a UniSoft Unix port in a repurposed cabinet.
Bill Joy's SunOS and NFS made it the network workstation; Sun-2, Sun-3, and the SPARC line followed. The Stanford Network design it productized is arguably the template for every engineering workstation since.