SunOS
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SunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems from 1982 until the mid-1990s. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4, which were based on BSD, while versions 5.0 and later are based on UNIX System V Release 4 and are marketed under the brand name Solaris.
Key facts
- OS.name
- SunOS
- OS.screenshot
- SunOS screenshot.png
- OS.caption
- Screenshot and graphical interface of SunOS 4.1
- OS.developer
- Sun Microsystems
- OS.family
- Unix (BSD/SVR4)
- OS.source_model
- Closed source
- OS.latest_release_version
- 4.1.4
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic kernel
- OS.ui
- SunView, OpenWindows
- OS.license
- Proprietary (binary only)
- OS.succeeded by
- Solaris
- OS.working_state
- Historic; now marketed as Solaris
- OS.supported_platforms
- Motorola 680x0, Sun386i, SPARC
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- SunOS 4.1.1 P1270750.jpg
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- software version identifier
- 4.1.4
- inception
- 1982-01-01
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7 sectionsContents
- History
- Version history
- "SunOS" and "Solaris"
- User interface
- See also
- References
- External links
SunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems from 1982 until the mid-1990s. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4, which were based on BSD, while versions 5.0 and later are based on UNIX System V Release 4 and are marketed under the brand name Solaris.
==History== SunOS 1 only supported the Sun-2 series systems, including Sun-1 systems upgraded with Sun-2 (68010) CPU boards. SunOS 2 supported Sun-2 and Sun-3 (68020) series systems. SunOS 4 supported Sun-2 (until release 4.0.3), Sun-3 (until 4.1.1), Sun386i (4.0, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 only) and Sun-4 (SPARC) architectures. Although SunOS 4 was intended to be the first release to fully support Sun's new SPARC processor, there was also a SunOS 3.2 release with preliminary support for Sun-4 systems.