[Coco] And on the delusional Ebay auction post today...

[Salvador Garcia]

Actually, I am mad :-)


I wanted a Sparc Station, but these were always way too expensive then about 10 years ago I got this one donated to me. Yoohoo! I tested it and it works fine, except for the password. It boots into Sun Os2.4. Just getting the monitor from the garage to the house was an event similar to that of the Egyptians moving a stone block to build the pyramids.


My plan was to research and find a user group, forum or people in general that knew this machine and get advice from them on how to circumvent the password. I see that you present some ideas in your post. But Real Life really had a ball with me. I've been busy and have kept putting off looking into the SunOS pwd issue. And the huge monitor does not help, as I have no room in the house and the garage isn't exactly work-friendly. After 10 years it is still sitting there. Getting a different monitor for it (an LCD screen) hasn't been an option because the Sparc Station seems to use some video standard that isn't.


If that isn't a definition of mad then I don't know what is ;-)


So if I can find a better home for it, I'll be happy (actually not so much, but that's beside the point).


If the weather gets any better I'll try to get a picture of the Sparc Station (minus the monitor) so you all can see the model. I'll follow up in the evening (central time US). Salvador






-----Original Message-----
From: Ronivon Costa <ronivon.costa at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 10:16 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] And on the delusional Ebay auction post today...


2$ for a sparc station.... working?
Are you mad?

At least you paying the
courier to deliver?
:-)

Did you now you could simply burn a cdrom with the OS
and reset the
password? Or reinstall it from scratch? After that you could add
at least
one zero to the price. :-)))
On 8 Apr 2015 15:32, "Salvador Garcia"
<ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net> wrote:

> Hmmm... I bought a VIC 20 (I think) for
$4 USD at a garage sale. I can let
> it go for half of what this fellow is
asking ;-) Salvador
>
>
> PS: Anyone want a Spark Station II, complete with 21"
monitor running
> SunOs 2.4? :-D I would let that go for $2000 USD, but since I
never got the
> password I'll chop off all those zeros ;-).
>
>
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com>
> To:
CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Apr
8, 2015 9:02 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] And on the delusional Ebay auction post
today...
>
>
> On Wed Apr 8 2015, Joe Grubbs wrote:
>
> This one made me choke
on my coffee
> >
>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRS-80-Model-1-UNTESTED-/121616466790
> >
> > I wonder
if
> they'd offended by a best offer of $30?
> >
>
> Well, seller has a $150.00
MC-10 and
> a $400.00 VIC-20 among other premium
> price gems; sold Model 4D
for
> $300.00.
>
> That Model I CPU I'd offer $25, dust all over the keyboard,
untested,
> paint
> rubbed off on the palm rests... sigh
>
>
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