The 386i line was introduced April 5, 1988.

On November 28, 1990 a memo went out to sales detailing
the end of the 386i line.

CODENAME

RoadRunner

Date this file was last modified

December 26, 1995

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

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QUESTION: What new software releases should customers expect for the Sun386i?
ANSWER: As of January 1991, future software development and releases of Sun unbundled products will be available on SPARC only. SunOS 4.0.2 will be the
last operating system release for the Sun386i.

QUESTION: Sun is not supporting Sun386i platforms with SunOS(TM) SVR4. Can Sun386i systems be integrated into SVR4-based networks?
ANSWER: Yes. Although Sun's UNIX SVR4-based SunOS will only execute on SPARC processor-based product line, SunOS SVR4-based servers will support Sun386i
clients running SunOS 4.0.1 and 4.0.2.

QUESTION: Will Open Windows 2.0 be available for the Sun386i?
ANSWER: Open Windows 2.0 is available for the Sun386i. It will operate on
Sun386i workstations equipped with mono and standard color frame buffers, but not with GXi frame buffers.

QUESTION: What should customers do when they wish to move to Open Look and take advantage of the latest Sun and third party applications?
ANSWER: In May, Sun announced a Sun386i to SPARC upgrade program. When customers need more performance they should upgrade to SPARC. The
SPARCstations provide the computing power which will allow customers to
take maximum advantage of the latest software features.

QUESTION: What ever happened to the 486 Upgrade?
ANSWER: During the first half of 1990, Sun received a few orders for 486
upgrade kits. These stopped once the SPARC upgrade was announced and when
contacted, most of the customers who had ordered 486 Upgrades converted to
SPARC upgrades. The demand remaining was insufficient to justify releasing
the product. You should be cancelling any 486 orders you may have on the
books.

Below are highlights from the initial product release.

There are two (2) Sun386i models - 20 MHz (RR150) and 25 MHz (RR250).
The 20 MHz model comes in TWO (2) performance configurations - a RR150 3 MIP and a NEW RR150 4 MIP.

Sun386i/250 (5 MIP) with **8mb XP Cache** memory board

Diskless: 19"M RR250M-8 13,990 60-75 na 16"C RR250FC-8 15,990 60-75 na 19"C RR250C-8 17,990 60-75 na
91mb: 19"M RR250M-8-P9 15,990 60-75 30-45 16"C RR250FC-8-P9 17,990 60-75 30-45 19"C RR250C-8-P9 19,990 60-75 30-45
327mb: 19"M RR250M-8-P11 19,990 75-90 45-60 16"C RR250FC-8-P11 21,990 75-90 45-60 19"C RR250C-8-P11 23,990 75-90 45-60

4mb add-on SIMM memory for XP Cache board (16mb max)

                                RR107            2,000  180-195    na

Sun386i/150X (4 MIP) with **4mb XP Cache** memory board

      Diskless: 15"M            RR150SM-4X       9,490  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4X       10,490   60-75     na
                14"C            RR150SC-4X      10,490   60-75     na
                16"C            RR150FC-4X      12,490   60-75     na
                19"C            RR150C-4X       14,490   60-75     na


          91mb: 15"M            RR150SM-4X-P9   11,490  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4X-P9    12,490   60-75    (1)
                14"C            RR150SC-4X-P9   12,490   60-75    (1)
                16"C            RR150FC-4X-P9   14,490   60-75    (1)
                19"C            RR150C-4X-P9    16,490   60-75    (1)


         327mb: 15"M            RR150SM-4X-P11  15,490  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4X-P11   16,490   75-90    (1)
                14"C            RR150SC-4X-P11  16,490   75-90    (1)
                16"C            RR150FC-4X-P11  18,490   75-90    (1)
                19"C            RR150C-4X-P11   20,490   75-90    (1)

4mb add-on SIMM memory for XP Cache board (16mb max)

Sun386i/150 (3 MIP) with **4mb Dynamic** memory board

      Diskless: 15"M            RR150SM-4        7,990  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4         8,990  120-135    na
                14"C            RR150SC-4        8,990  120-135    na
                16"C            RR150FC-4       10,990  120-135    na
                19"C            RR150C-4        12,990  120-135    na


          91mb: 15"M            RR150SM-4-P9     9,990  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4-P9     10,990  120-135    na
                14"C            RR150SC-4-P9    10,990  120-135    na
                16"C            RR150FC-4-P9    12,990  120-135    na
                19"C            RR150C-4-P9     14,990  120-135    na


         327mb: 15"M            RR150SM-4-P11   13,990  120-135    na
                19"M            RR150M-4-P11    14,990  120-135    na
                14"C            RR150SC-4-P11   14,990  120-135    na
                16"C            RR150FC-4-P11   16,990  120-135    na
                19"C            RR150C-4-P11    18,990  120-135    na

4mb add-on SIMM memory for Dynamic memory board (8mb per board max)

                                RR107            2,000  180-195    na

Second Dynamic memory board with 4mb SIMM (for 12mb or 16mb system)

                                RR108            2,200  180-195    na

Peripheral Expansion Box (EXP-1) Package price (below) applies ONLY when ordering WITH a system

    PBox w/60mb tape            RREXP           +2,000   60-75   45-60
    PBox w/60mb tape and
        327mb disk              RREXP-P7        +8,000   75-90     na

System Software

Add the following n/c line item for each system ordered to get the RTU license for both Application SunOS and Developer's toolkit.

ORDER ONE PER SYSTEM:

SunOS Right-to-use license  SYSL2           n/c       (with system)

All 386i's are shipped with the Core System (part of Application SunOS) pre-installed on disk. Each 386i site MUST have one copy of the Application SunOS media and documentation. Order on 3.5" diskettes only if a tape drive is not available. Order Developer's toolkit if "C" compiler and debuggers are desired.

ORDER ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PER SITE:

    Application SunOS only & Manuals
        tape                    SR1-A-03        $325     60-75     na
        3.5" diskettes          SR1-A-12        $550     60-75     na
    Application SunOS and Developer's Toolkit & Manuals
        tape                    SR1-03          $550     60-75     na
        3.5" diskettes          SR1-12          $850     60-75    30-45

WHAT'S DIFFERENT FROM ORDERING SUN-3 OR SUN-4? PAGE 13

A) Sun386i has two memory cards: The Dynamic memory card and the XP Cache memory card. The Dynamic memory card is standard in the /150 (3 MIP), the XP Cache memory card is standard in the /250 (5 MIP). Additionally, as an option, you can order the XP Cache card in the /150 and get a 4 MIP system. For the initial release of the /150, ordering the XP Cache memory card will result in a better system lead time.

B) Memory is ordered as a separate line item: Order add-on memory as a separate line item.
DO NOT change the /150's -4- or -4X- designation; do not change the /250's -8- designation.

C) SunOS has been split in two: Application SunOS and the Developer's toolkit. Application SunOS is everything a user needs to run an executable application - The Core System, mail, ease-of-use features, NFS, windows, many utilities. The Core System is shipped pre-installed on all 386i hard disk drives to make system installation easy. Media and manuals are sold separately from the system, as with other Sun products. You MUST order one set of Application SunOS media and manuals per site.

The Developer's toolkit must be purchased separately and contains the C language and debugging tools. It can be purchased on either tape or diskettes; the RTU license for the Developer's Toolkit is included with the system so only one copy of media is required per workgroup. When the developer's toolkit is merged with Application SunOS, the result is the complete C environment that is a superset of the SunOS 4.0 shipped with the Sun-3 and Sun-4 today.

Options Installation

The Sun386i is designed as a "user installable" system and is shipped without the memory or frame buffer installed in the system unit. (Disks are installed). Self Installing these boards is achieved by opening the system box, inserting the boards (no switches), and closing the box. If the customer does not want to self-install, they have 3 options:

Options Installation can be performed at the factory for a $350 per system (non-discountable) charge. Reference the Systems Options menu for options installation.
If purchased through a VAR or OEM, options installation should be provided by them.
If the system is installed by Sun Customer Service, options installation is provided on-site by them.

Example:

No line item - the customer opted to install their own boards since they were installing some AT cards anyway.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the customer opted for installation, it is important to note in the order comment field what systems are to get what options and memory.

SECTION 8: BENCHMARK SUMMARY PAGE 19

Sun386i Benchmark Summary

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Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to present a brief overview of
industry standard benchmark results for the new Sun386i Workstation.

Beta Note:

The results in this paper are based on SunOS 4.0.1 Beta release. A
more extensive benchmark paper using First-Customer-Ship software
will be available in June. Sun expects FCS performance to be the
same or better than the results depicted in this paper.

Methodology:

A suite of benchmarks were run in order to accurately depict
Workstation Integer, Floating Point, and Document Processing
performance. Results are shown as the ratio of the chosen
performance metric relative to the MicroVAX II. The summary "Ratio"
numbers formulated on the next page are the geometric mean of the
ratios shown for each class of benchmark. Exact configurations used
in this paper are listed on the last page.

MIPS Calculation:

The overall geometric mean of Integer, Floating Point, and Document
Processing performance ratios was calculated. The composite
benchmark results substantiate the Sun386i MIP ratings as follows:

        Model           Claim           Benchmark
                                        Composite
        Sun 4/110         7             8.5
        Sun 386i/250      5             5.6
        Sun 386i/150X     4             4.4
        Sun 386i/150      3             3.9

Benchmark Data: PAGE 20

Model DEC Sun386i/150 Sun386i/150X Sun386i/250 mVAX II (XP memory) Rating 1 MIP 3 MIP 4 MIP 5 MIP
Value Value* Ratio Value Ratio Value Ratio

Integer Performance

Dhry (dhry/sec) 1466 5344 3.7 6578 4.5 8333 5.7 Dhry r (dhry/sec) 1457 5800 4.0 6869 4.7 8775 6.0 Stanford int (msec) 2367 732 3.2 568 4.2 461 5.1 Ratio Geometric Mean 3.6 4.5 5.6

Floating Point ("C"):

Stanford fp (msec) 7960 3020 2.9 2720 2.9 2180 3.7 Mm1sim (sec) 189.4 53.5 3.8 49.1 3.9 39.8 4.8 Savage (sec) 32.2 4.2 7.5 4.2 7.7 3.5 9.2 Ratio Geometric Mean 4.4 4.4 5.4

Document Processing:

Nroff simultaneous process
Single (sec) 109 29.7 3.7 26.8 4.1 19.8 5.5 Dual (sec) 219 58.3 3.8 50.0 4.4 37.8 5.8 Triple (sec) 328 88.0 3.7 73.9 4.4 57.7 5.7 Quad (sec) 438 117.0 3.7 99.2 4.4 76.0 5.8

Ratio Geometric Mean 3.7 4.3 5.7 === === === Overall Geometric Mean: 3.9 4.4 5.6

Preliminary

PC benchmarks:

In addition to the usual workstation benchmarks, below is a summary
of selected PC-oriented benchmarks. Note that these tests are run
using DOS 3.3 under the Sun386i's DOSwindows in the SunOS
multitasking UNIX environment; other machines are running DOS only.

PC Magazine Labs Benchmarks

LOWER NUMBERS ARE BETTER

                                128K NOP        String Sort     Random File
                                                                Read - 4K


IBM PS/2-80 (16mhz)             2.1             1.4             1.5
Compaq 286 (8mhz)               4.0             3.2             3.0
Compaq 386/20 (20mhz)           1.65            0.88            2.0
Sun386i/250 (25mhz)             1.5             0.82            0.3
Sun386i/150X (20mhz)            1.9             1.05            0.6

Norton SI Computational Index (rev 4), Sun386i/250: 28.9 (Run using DOS 3.3 under the Sun386i's DOSwindows in the SunOS multitasking UNIX environment; Norton SI PC/XT = 1)

System Configurations PAGE 21

MicroVAX II: MicroVAX II CPU with FPU, 6MB RAM, RD53 71 MB disk, RQDX3 controller Ultrix V2.0-1, Ultrix cc, VAX C 1.0 (vcc)

Sun386i/150: 20 MHz Intel 80386, 20 MHz Intel 80387 FPU, 8MB RAM on Dynamic memory card, 91 MB SCSI disk, SunOS 4.0.1 Beta

Sun386i/150X: 20 MHz Intel 80386, 20 MHz Intel 80387 FPU, 8MB RAM on XP Cache memory card, 91 MB SCSI disk, SunOS 4.0.1 Beta

Sun386i/250: 25 MHz Intel 80386, 25 MHz Intel 80387 FPU, 8MB RAM on XP Cache memory card, 91 MB SCSI disk, SunOS 4.0.1 Beta

Sun-4/110: 14.275 MHz SF9010 SPARC IU and FPC, Weitek 1164/1165 FPU 8MB RAM, 141 MB SCSI disk, SunOS-3 3.2_REV2

IBM PS/2-80: 16 MHz Intel 80386, 1MB RAM, 20 MB disk, PC-DOS 3.2

Compaq 286: 8 MHz Intel 80286, 1MB RAM, 20 MB disk, MS-DOS 3.2

Compaq 386/20: 20 MHz Intel 80386 20 MHz Intel 80387 FPU, 1MB RAM 20 MB disk, MS-DOS 3.2