Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation

Re:Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation by rjsw on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:08PM (#27122869)

I have the same model. The idiot that I bought it from decided to pack the keyboard on edge underneath the main unit so it arrived with a bit of a kink in the chassis and a cracked case.

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Re:Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation by ruptwelve on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:39PM (#27123216)

I am very sad for my cracked monitor!

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Re:Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation by lelanthran on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:35AM (#27127707)

I'm sad for you too. In the past, with cracked plastic enclosures, I've had some successes (with lots of failures) fabricating new 2-piece enclosures from fibreglass (not expensive at all).

If you have a lazy Saturday coming up, it might not be a bad idea to try it (look at some of the youtube fibreglassing tutorials).

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Re:Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation by ruptwelve on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:57AM (#27127850)

Oh! I will have the chance to do this sometime soon! If I give it a go, I will update!

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Re:Getting and restoring a Sun Ultra 1 Workstation by lelanthran on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:38AM (#27128434)

Please do. While my experience with glassing new enclosures is spotty at best, one or two of them came out very professional looking.

It would be great if you can show that glassing is a viable way to restoring old stuff while keeping the same period look.

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