Sun-1 workstation

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The Sun-1 workstation was Sun Microsystems’ first UNIX-based desktop computer, notable for helping pioneer the commercial workstation market in the early 1980s.


Statements (33)
Predicate Object
instanceOf computer hardware platform
workstation computer
architecture Motorola 68000 architecture
basedOn Stanford University Network (SUN) workstation design concepts
category 1980s computers
Sun Microsystems workstations
UNIX workstations
commercialStatus discontinued
company Sun Microsystems
countryOfOrigin United States
cpu Motorola 68000
decadeIntroduced 1980s
developer Sun Microsystems
displayType bitmap graphics display
formFactor desktop computer
influenced early commercial UNIX workstation market
later Sun workstation lines
introductionYear 1982
manufacturer Sun Microsystems
marketSegment engineering workstation
technical workstation
networkCapability Ethernet networking support
notableFor being Sun Microsystems’ first workstation product line
helping pioneer the commercial workstation market
operatingSystem SunOS
UNIX
osFamily BSD UNIX family
UNIX System V family
predecessor Stanford University SUN workstation designs
primaryUse computer-aided engineering
scientific computing
software development
successor Sun-2 workstation

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sun-1 workstation ("Sun Microsystems workstations")
category
Sun-2 workstation
predecessor
Sun Microsystems
product
Motorola 68000 family
usedIn

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