This Sun SPARCStation IPX sure seemed like it would have been interesting.
BlueSCSI drive bracket model: https://www.printables.com/model/1194491-sun-sparcstation-lunchbox-bluescsi-bracket
Floppy drive SD card bracket model: https://www.printables.com/model/1194503-sun-sparcstation-lunchbox-floppy-drive-sd-card-bra
PSU replacement GitHub project: https://github.com/hanshuebner/ipx-psu-replacement
Glitch Works battery module: https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t08-1-repair-board-module/
Sources:
"Sun ups performance, disk capacity of Sparcstations," InfoWorld, July 22, 1991.
"Sun Puts Hopes Behind Sparc Clones' Success," InfoWorld, December 24, 1991.
"Sun integrates graphics chip, CPU," InfoWorld, September 23, 1991.
SPARCengine IPX spec sheet: https://wiki.preterhuman.net/File:396534175_7494117120615744_1130792880194432456_n.jpg
"RDI expands BriteLite line with three workstations," InfoWorld, December 16, 1991.
BriteLite IPX information: http://www.georg-basse.de/retro/meine-sammlung/sun-workstations/rdi-britelite-ipx/
UltraSPARC CPU photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC#/media/File:Sun_UltraSPARCII.jpg
"The Players in the RISC Market," InfoWorld, November 28, 1988.
AUI 10Base-T photo: https://www.longshine.de/products/networking/10mbps-aui-tp-transceiver/
AUI BNC photo: https://gelecekbt.com/AT-MX10S
SBus video card photo: SPARCengine IPX spec sheet: https://wiki.preterhuman.net/File:396534175_7494117120615744_1130792880194432456_n.jpg
00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - That's a spicy meatball
03:14 - I should have gotten a PCB manufacturer to sponsor this segment
04:30 - Of course I'm putting a BlueSCSI in this thing
05:12 - lol D extender
06:32 - And people say that vintage Macs are weird
08:13 - An annoyance averted
09:34 - Ready for liftoff
10:21 - Of course it didn't work
11:22 - All your base are belong to Sun
13:09 - I hate myself, but not enough to fix this thing
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by Dan Mason (https://danmason.bandcamp.com) based on elements by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).