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Re:Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and Nvram by ThrowawayR2 on Monday March 09, 2026 @02:25PM (#47313200)
Out of morbid curiosity, is there a recovery plan for when it inevitably experiences a hardware failure?
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Re:Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and Nvram by jeffrallen on Monday March 09, 2026 @03:25PM (#47314142)
Buy parts from RS and fix it, silly.
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Re:Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and Nvram by jamesfinlayson on Monday March 09, 2026 @08:08PM (#47317555)
I've been at two places with ancient physical hardware - in both cases there were people that just kept an eye on ebay and presumably payed whatever the asking price was for spare parts.
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