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

[Frank Pittel]

Sorry for replying so late but you need the root password to log into single user mode on sunos and solaris. It shouldn't be
to hard to get a sunos cd.

The Other Frank
On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 11:28:07AM -0400, tonym wrote:
> Pretty sure you can do a single-user bootup and reset the password.
> That era, we're probably talking a SunOS variant (4.1 or so) vs the later Solaris variations.
> 
> I might have a SUnOS 4.1.3UB3 CD around somewhere... But you should be able to single-user boot via the console/ROM.
> I think most if us acquired our Suns (back then) without the root password :)
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Ronivon Costa" <ronivon.costa at gmail.com>
> Sent: 4/8/2015 11:16:11 AM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 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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