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Sun-3 was the name given to a series of UNIX
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
 computer workstations and server
Server (computing)

A server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs , in the same or other computer. The physical computer that runs a server program is also often referred to as server....
s produced by Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
, launched on September 9th, 1985. The Sun-3 series were VMEbus
VMEbus

VMEbus is a computer bus standard, originally developed for the Motorola 68000 line of Central processing unit, but later widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1014-1987....
-based systems similar to some of the earlier Sun-2
Sun-2

The Sun-2 series of UNIX computer workstations and Server s was launched by Sun Microsystems in November 1983. As the name suggests, the Sun-2 represented the second generation of Sun systems, superseding the original Sun-1 series....
 series, but using the Motorola 68020
Motorola 68020

The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984. It is the successor to the Motorola 68010 and is succeeded by the Motorola 68030....
 microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
, in combination with the Motorola 68881
Motorola 68881

The Motorola 68881 was a floating-point coprocessor computer chip that was utilized in some computer systems that used the Motorola 68020 or Motorola 68030 central processing unit....
 floating-point co-processor (optional on the Sun 3/50) and a proprietary Sun MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in SunOS
SunOS

SunOS is a version of the Unix operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4 of SunOS....
 versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in NetBSD
NetBSD

NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-derivative Berkeley Software Distribution computer operating system. It was the second open source BSD descendant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed....
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Sun-3 was the name given to a series of UNIX
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
 computer workstations and server
Server (computing)

A server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs , in the same or other computer. The physical computer that runs a server program is also often referred to as server....
s produced by Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
, launched on September 9th, 1985. The Sun-3 series were VMEbus
VMEbus

VMEbus is a computer bus standard, originally developed for the Motorola 68000 line of Central processing unit, but later widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1014-1987....
-based systems similar to some of the earlier Sun-2
Sun-2

The Sun-2 series of UNIX computer workstations and Server s was launched by Sun Microsystems in November 1983. As the name suggests, the Sun-2 represented the second generation of Sun systems, superseding the original Sun-1 series....
 series, but using the Motorola 68020
Motorola 68020

The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984. It is the successor to the Motorola 68010 and is succeeded by the Motorola 68030....
 microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
, in combination with the Motorola 68881
Motorola 68881

The Motorola 68881 was a floating-point coprocessor computer chip that was utilized in some computer systems that used the Motorola 68020 or Motorola 68030 central processing unit....
 floating-point co-processor (optional on the Sun 3/50) and a proprietary Sun MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in SunOS
SunOS

SunOS is a version of the Unix operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4 of SunOS....
 versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in NetBSD
NetBSD

NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-derivative Berkeley Software Distribution computer operating system. It was the second open source BSD descendant to be formally released, after 386BSD, and continues to be actively developed....
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Sun-3 models

Models are listed in approximately chronological order.

ModelCodenameCPU boardCPU MHzMax. RAMChassis
3/75 Carrera Sun 3004 16.67 MHz 8 MB 2-slot VME (desktop)
3/140 Carrera Sun 3004 16.67 MHz 16 MB 3-slot VME (desktop/side)
3/160 Carrera Sun 3004 16.67 MHz 16 MB 12-slot VME (deskside)
3/180 Carrera Sun 3004 16.67 MHz 16 MB 12-slot VME (rackmount)
3/150 Carrera Sun 3004 16.67 MHz 16 MB 6-slot VME (deskside)
3/50 Model 25 - 15.7 MHz 4 MB "wide Pizza-box" desktop
3/110 Prism - 16.67 MHz 12 MB 3-slot VME (desktop/side)
3/260 Sirius Sun 3200 25 MHz (CPU), 20 MHz (FPU) 32 MB 12-slot VME (deskside)
3/280 Sirius Sun 3200 25 MHz (CPU), 20 MHz (FPU) 32 MB 12-slot VME (rackmount)
3/60 Ferrari - 20 MHz 24 MB "wide Pizza-box" desktop
3/E Polaris Sun 3/E 20 MHz 16 MB none (6U VME board)


(Max. RAM sizes may be greater when third-party memory board were used).

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SCSI

Small Computer System Interface, or SCSI , is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices....
 Daughter Board Image:Sun3_50CPUwHelios4Mb.jpg|Sun3/50 CPU Board With Helios 4Mb Memory Expansion Image:Sun3_60_CPU.jpg|Sun3/60 CPU Board

Sun-3x

In 1989, coincident with the launch of the SPARCstation 1
SPARCstation 1

The SPARCstation 1, or Sun 4/60, is a SPARC-based computer workstation sold by Sun Microsystems as the first of its SPARCstation series. It was sold starting in April 1989, and the end of Sun's support for it was in 1995....
, Sun launched three new Sun-3 models, the 3/80, 3/470 and 3/480. Unlike previous Sun-3s, these used a Motorola 68030
Motorola 68030

The Motorola 68030 is a 32-bit microprocessor in Motorola's Motorola 68000 family. Released in 1987, the 68030 was the successor to the Motorola 68020, and was followed by the Motorola 68040....
 processor, 68882 floating-point unit, and the 68030's integral MMU. This 68030-based architecture was called Sun-3x.
ModelCodenameCPU boardCPU MHzMax. RAMChassis
3/80 Hydra - 20 MHz 16 or 40 MB "Pizza-box" desktop
3/470 Pegasus Sun 3400 33 MHz 128 MB 12-slot VME (deskside)
3/480 Pegasus Sun 3400 33 MHz 128 MB 12-slot VME (rackmount)


Sun 3/260s upgraded with Sun 3400 CPU boards were known as Sun 3/460s.

See also

  • Sun-2
    Sun-2

    The Sun-2 series of UNIX computer workstations and Server s was launched by Sun Microsystems in November 1983. As the name suggests, the Sun-2 represented the second generation of Sun systems, superseding the original Sun-1 series....
  • Sun386i
    Sun386i

    The Sun386i was a hybrid UNIX computer workstation/PC compatible computer system produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1988. It was based on the Intel 80386 microprocessor but shared many features with the contemporary Sun-3 series systems....
  • Sun-4
    Sun-4

    Sun-4 is a series of Unix computer workstations and server s produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1987. The original Sun-4 series were VMEbus-based systems similar to the earlier Sun-3 series, but employing microprocessors based on Sun's own SPARC V7 RISC architecture in place of the 68k family processors of previous Sun models....
  • SPARCstation
    SPARCstation

    The SPARCstation, SPARCserver and SPARCcenter product lines were a series of SPARC-based computer workstations and server s in desktop, deskside and rack-based form factor developed and sold by Sun Microsystems...


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