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brirec on July 17, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Oldschool PC Font Pack v2.0

Solaris 2.6 and 7 didn’t have a graphical boot splash, so you’d see this while watching a SPARC box boot up.

cellularmitosis on July 17, 2020 [–]

Just recently found an adafruit guide to building a solaris 2.6 setup using QEMU. The nostalgia!

https://learn.adafruit.com/build-your-own-sparc-with-qemu-an...

edit: just remembered that you sadly don't get to see Sun Gallant Demi in all its glory, because it boots using the QEMU openfirmware.

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