Ultra 1
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workstation
Workstation
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s based on the 64-bit
64-bit
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UltraSPARC
UltraSPARC
The UltraSPARC is a microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems who is now a part of Oracle Corporation and fabricated by Texas Instruments that implements the SPARC V9 instruction set architecture . It was introduced in mid-1995. It was the first microprocessor from Sun Microsystems to implement...
microprocessor
Microprocessor
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. It was the first model in the Sun Ultra series
Sun Ultra series
The original Sun Ultra series was a series of UltraSPARC-based workstations and servers developed and sold by Sun Microsystems from 1995 to 2001...
of Sun computers, which succeeded the SPARCstation
SPARCstation
The SPARCstation, SPARCserver and SPARCcenter product lines were a series of SPARC-based computer workstations and servers in desktop, deskside and rack-based form factor developed and sold by Sun Microsystems...
series. It launched in 1995 and shipped with Solaris
Solaris Operating System
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2.5. It is capable of running other operating systems such as Linux
Linux
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and BSD.
The Ultra 1 was available in a variety of different specifications. Three different CPU speeds were available - 143 MHz (Model 140), 167 MHz (Model 170) and 200 MHz (Model 200). The Ultra 1 Creator3D 170E launched in November 1995 with a list price of US$27,995.
Model numbers with an E suffix (Sun service code A12, internal codename Electron) had two instead of three SBus
SBus
SBus is a computer bus system that was used in most SPARC-based computers from Sun Microsystems and others during the 1990s...
slots, and added a UPA
Ultra Port Architecture
The Ultra Port Architecture bus was developed by Sun Microsystems as a high-speed graphics card to CPU interconnect, beginning with the Ultra 1 workstation in 1995.-External links:*...
slot to allow the use of an optional Creator framebuffer
Framebuffer
A framebuffer is a video output device that drives a video display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of data.The information in the memory buffer typically consists of color values for every pixel on the screen...
. In addition, the E models had Wide SCSI
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...
and Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
In computer networking, Fast Ethernet is a collective term for a number of Ethernet standards that carry traffic at the nominal rate of 100 Mbit/s, against the original Ethernet speed of 10 Mbit/s. Of the fast Ethernet standards 100BASE-TX is by far the most common and is supported by the...
interfaces, in place of the narrow SCSI and 10Base-T
10BASE-T
Ethernet over twisted pair technologies use twisted-pair cables for the physical layer of an Ethernet computer network. Other Ethernet cable standards employ coaxial cable or optical fiber. Early versions developed in the 1980s included StarLAN followed by 10BASE-T. By the 1990s, fast, inexpensive...
Ethernet of the standard Ultra 1 (service code A11, codename Neutron).
Ultra 1 uses 200-pin 5V ECC 60ns SIMM
SIMM
A SIMM, or single in-line memory module, is a type of memory module containing random access memory used in computers from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. It differs from a dual in-line memory module , the most predominant form of memory module today, in that the contacts on a SIMM are redundant...
.
Similar Sun machines were the Netra i 1 servers which had the same chassis http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/Ultra_1E/Ultra_1_140E_170E_200E.html and the UltraServer 1/Ultra Enterprise 1 servers http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-25-19521-1.