Sun 3/110 Prisum 600-2157-01 Motorola 68020 Workstation VME 1152x900 SunOS

Sun 3/110 Prisum 600-2157-01 Motorola 68020 Workstation VME 1152x900 SunOS

The Sun 3/110 is a desktop UNIX workstation from Sun Microsystems' Sun 3 series, released in the mid-to-late 1980s. This example carries the internal code name "Prisum" and is identified as Model 247, Part Number 600-2157-01, manufactured in August 1988. It is built around the Motorola 68020 processor and was designed to run SunOS, Sun's BSD-derived UNIX operating system. This unit is sold AS-IS for parts or repair — it does not power on.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Sun Microsystems (Made in USA)
• Model: Sun 3/110, Code Name: Prisum
• Part Number: 600-2157-01
• Model Number: 247
• Service Code: B3/60S-4
• CPU: Motorola 68020 at 16.67 MHz
• Video: 8-bit color framebuffer (cgfour), onboard, 1152 x 900 resolution
• Expansion: 3 VME slots
• Network: Integrated Ethernet (BNC connector)
• Serial Ports: Serial Port A and Serial Port B (DB25 connectors)
• Keyboard / Mouse: Integrated keyboard and mouse interface
• SCSI: Onboard SCSI interface (DB50 connector, rear panel)
• Video Outputs: BNC connectors — S, B, G, R (sync, blue, green, red)
• MONO / OPTION port visible on rear panel
• Power: Dual-voltage 115/230V AC, 60/50 Hz, 12/6A
• Manufacture Date: August 12, 1988
• Compatible OS: SunOS 3.0 through SunOS 4.1.1U1 (not included)
• Form Factor: Desktop (low-profile horizontal enclosure on tilt stand)
• Country of Manufacture: United States
• Unit only — keyboard, mouse, monitor, cables, and OS not included

Applications

The Sun 3 series was Sun Microsystems' primary line of engineering workstations in the mid-to-late 1980s, bridging the gap between the original Sun 2 (68010-based) and the later SPARC-based Sun 4 systems. The Sun 3/110 was aimed at engineering, scientific, and software development workloads requiring a capable UNIX environment in a compact desktop form. These machines ran SunOS, a BSD UNIX derivative that laid the groundwork for Solaris, and were widely used in university computer science departments, research labs, defense contractors, and software development shops throughout the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. The VME bus expansion architecture gave the platform flexibility for I/O and accelerator cards. The high-resolution 1152×900 display and integrated Ethernet made the Sun 3 series stand out against contemporary workstations. Sun 3 machines were largely superseded by the SPARC-based Sun 4 series beginning in 1987–1988, and represent an important chapter in the history of open UNIX workstations. Today these systems are sought by vintage computer collectors and Sun/UNIX historians.