Re(2): [SunRescue] Offerings

[Patrick Shoaf]

At 10:13 AM 8/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>rescue at sunhelp.org,Internet writes:
> >The BriteLites were a series of "laptops" (more like lap crushers if you
> >ask me) from RDI.  They used genuine Sun motherboards (most commonly the
> >IPX and LX) powered off of batteries and had a special sbus framebuffer to
> >drive the builtin LCD display (usually small, 640x480).  Consequently they
> >were very compatible but very big and heavy (the size of a small briefcase
> >and over 15lb).
>
><drooling>
>Wow, there is a museum piece!
>did they use lead acid batteries?
Actually they battery pack looks like 8 D cell batteries assembled into a 
pack 2 rows 4 long.  I have two such units here I am trying to resurect.

Patrick J. Shoaf, Systems Engineer
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