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I think Solaris 10 is the last version. When Oracle bought Sun they basically just let it die. There is an open source fork called OpenIndiana though, based on OpenSolaris.

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It's a VM but it's emulating a SparcStation 5 with 128 MB of RAM. Here's a guide for installing it: https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-and-solaris

I'm posting from a Sun SPARCstation running Solaris 2.6 and the Hotjava browser. Well actually QEMU since I don't have a real one.
I would have loved to have a system like this back in the day inste ...

You're right, looks like someone just completely copied the site. I removed the link just to be safe.

I have an XT-IDE card I'm using in my 5160 but mine doesn't have slot 8 support. There is an extra circuit board you need to install on the card for it to work in that slot.
More info here: http://ww ...

Is it for sure the power supply and not a shorted tantalum cap on the motherboard? The power supply has a safety feature where it will not do anything if there is a short anywhere in the system.

I have a Pentium MMX system with one of those dead Dallas chips, I've been thinking about getting one of those modern replacements that use CR2032 cells but they are a bit expensive just for a battery ...

Yes, I wasn't using anything in Slot 8. All I can figure is maybe it was an old cap on the card that shorted.

I've recently been working on getting my 5160 back in operating condition; it had been in storage for a few years after the only working floppy drive on it failed. I ordered an XT-IDE to install in it ...

Ah, the magic smoke. I couldn't find a schematic for it but if it helps the part number for the power supply in the Portable 286 is 102818-001. I'm guessing that's where the cap blew. Here is the main ...

You're right, that's a floppy connector version. I wasn't looking at the auction photos but apparently there also an external parallel model. Also found this page with a Windows 95 driver for various ...

I've never tried any of those IDE to USB adapters myself, though I have read they can be kind of iffy depending on the quality and what kind of device you are using them with. I was looking up Travan ...

I'm not sure about Travan but I know LTO drives can only read back two tape generations. I searched a bit and found this page that seems to indicate that at least some Travan drives can read tapes one ...

The only CPU related jumper is JP1, CPU Speed select. It is set for 25/33/50MHz, where the other setting is for 20 MHz. I never could get it to go any higher than 50, though at this point it probably ...

My trustworthy 486 started acting up a few weeks ago, not wanting to boot up and being weird and now it won't go past the Wait" message no matter what I do. It's an ASUS ISA-486SIQ motherboard. I ...