https://thecodersblog.com/categories/retro-computing/Recent content in Retro Computing on The Coders BlogHugoen-usWed, 06 May 2026 16:59:24 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/sun-ray-server-on-openindiana-hipster-2026/Wed, 06 May 2026 16:59:24 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/sun-ray-server-on-openindiana-hipster-2026/<p>You’ve got a box of dusty Sun Ray clients, a lingering fondness for Solaris, and a hankering to make it all work on something modern. Welcome to the reality of setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10. It’s a journey paved with good intentions, older software, and a surprising amount of manual intervention.</p> <h3 id="the-core-problem">The Core Problem</h3> <p>The fundamental challenge is bringing a once-cutting-edge, now unsupported thin-client solution into the modern era. Oracle discontinued Sun Ray support in 2014, and while OpenIndiana Hipster has made strides in Sun Ray support, it’s far from a plug-and-play experience. You&rsquo;re essentially resurrecting a proprietary, legacy system on an open-source, actively developed OS.</p>https://thecodersblog.com/hardware-design-lessons-from-the-super-nintendo-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:51 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/hardware-design-lessons-from-the-super-nintendo-2026/<p>Modern development feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet where we&rsquo;ve forgotten how to savor a single, perfectly crafted dish – the SNES hardware, a masterclass in elegant problem-solving, offers a powerful reminder.</p> <h2 id="the-luxury-trap-why-modern-abundance-breeds-inefficiency">The Luxury Trap: Why Modern Abundance Breeds Inefficiency</h2> <p>We live in an era of unprecedented computing power. Cloud infrastructure provides seemingly infinite elasticity, CPUs boast dozens of cores and gigahertz speeds, and memory often scales into terabytes. This boundless abundance has created a paradox: our problem-solving edge, once sharpened by scarcity, has dulled considerably.</p>