> > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:22:52 -0700 > From: Brendan Shanks <[email protected]> > Subject: Sun/3-powered 737 flight sim > > Something that I thought the folks here would appreciate: a fellow in > Dubai is trying to keep a full-motion Boeing 737-300 sim (from 1991) > running. > The main host machine is a Sun/3E, connected over Ethernet to the operator > workstation which has 2 Sun/3Es each with a cgtwo powering a CRT touch > screen. One of the Sun VME SCSI/Ethernet boards died, and he?s been unable > to find a (working) replacement board. > > There?s also a big rack of Concurrent hardware running OS/32, and some > newer PCs for visuals and TCAS. > > Plenty of pictures and a video tour of all the hardware at: > < > https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/i8c8u7/how_do_i_emulate_a_sun_3e_computer_with_5018027/ > < > https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/i8c8u7/how_do_i_emulate_a_sun_3e_computer_with_5018027/ > >> > > Brendan >
I have a Sun 3/E, including a SCSI/Ethernet board, that ran fine the last time it was powered on. There is a collector in southern Germany who also has a 3/E board set. I didn't see any contact information for the simulator owners. -- Michael Thompson
