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 (DIR) Post #AUaVKbv556a1lvaIzY by aka_pugs@mastodon.social
       2023-04-12T15:37:10Z
       
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       OTD 1989: The SPARCstation I is introduced! Purple feet!  People manning the booth wore purple-dyed tennis shoes. #SunMicrosystems #ComputerHistory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_1
       
 (DIR) Post #AUaVKchIBr92BS8o8e by adrianco@mastodon.social
       2023-04-12T17:18:56Z
       
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       @aka_pugs This was about 6 months after I joined Sun in the UK and we sold lots of SS1s…
       
 (DIR) Post #AUaVKdawqvfEy4BFtA by adrianco@mastodon.social
       2023-04-12T17:33:27Z
       
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       @aka_pugs The SPARCstation 1 ran at 20MHz, a bit later we announced the SS1+ which was the same spec and price but ran at 25MHz. I got a cross call from a customer who had just ordered a bunch of SS1s and was cross that he didn’t know the SS1+ was coming. About half way through his rant he noticed a + sign on his machine, stopped and said never mind.  We’d shipped them before we announced them…