NFS at 40

Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System

Photos

Books

Cover of X/Open (PC)NFS book
X/Open insisted on using the term “(PC)NFS” for trademark reasons.
Cover of "NFS Illustrated" book by Brent Callaghan
NFS Illustrated book
Cover of "Managing NFS and NIS" book by Hal Stern
Managing NFS and NIS by Hall Stern

Marketing

Sun Marketing buttons from 1986. One says "I Ordered My Sun-3" and the other says "NFS Spoken Here"
Sun Marketing buttons from 1986
Advertising button which says "NFS shown here".
NFS button
Prestoserve ad showing a fast car and the words "Accelerate Your Server"
PrestoServe advertisement, using Tom Lyon’s Porsche
NFS Connects button
Blue advertising button which says "Let's Talk About PC-NFS" and an odometer showing the number moving to one million and 1
Sun button marking the millionth sale of PC-NFS.
Bumper sticker with a formula
Bumper sticker from Mt. Xinu in 1986, promoting the idea that 4.3BSD plus NFS was better than any version of System V.
Grey shir with a logo with mountains and "Connectathon '99"
Connectathon Shirt
Connectathon ’88

Odds and Ends


Paper notes with hand drawn architectural diagram of NFS by Tom Lyons
Architectural diagram from Tom Lyons’ notebook at the first NFS offsite in 1984.
NFS was a family project – mojo’s son Andy in 1986.
Massachusetts car license plate with the plate number "PC NFS"
Geoff Arnold’s license plate.
Photo of group of coworkers sitting outside. Image is marked with "July '86 (early)"
Members of the Sun East Coast Division just after the release of PC-NFS 1.0.