Sun-1

Sun Microsystems Sun-1
Sun-1 in Computer Museum
DeveloperSun Microsystems
TypeWorkstation
Release date1982 (1982)
Introductory priceUS$8,900 (equivalent to $24,000 in 2023[1])
CPUMotorola 68000
SuccessorSun-2

Sun-1 was the first generation of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in May 1982. These were based on a CPU board designed by Andy Bechtolsheim while he was a graduate student at Stanford University and funded by DARPA. The Sun-1 systems ran SunOS 0.9, a port of UniSoft's UniPlus V7 port of Seventh Edition UNIX to the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, with no window system. Affixed to the case of early Sun-1 workstations and servers is a red bas relief emblem with the word SUN spelled using only symbols shaped like the letter U. This is the original Sun logo, rather than the more familiar purple diamond shape used later.

The first Sun-1 workstation was sold to Solo Systems in May 1982.[2] The Sun-1/100 was used in the original Lucasfilm EditDroid non-linear editing system.

  1. ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
  2. ^ Bhide, Amar (14 December 1989). "Vinod Khosla and Sun Microsystems". Harvard Business School. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.

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