[SunRescue] RDI Britelite WAS (Weitek PowerUp Question )

[Mike Nicewonger]

The Britelite is a, um, 'luggable' IPX workstation. It is a self contained
portable computer, very much like a laptop but a bit bigger and heavier, it
has a flip up LCD display otherwise it is a stock IPX, takes low profile
SIMMs but other than that and the frambuffer it is normal. I'll see if I can
dredge up some photo's later this week. The one I have needs a little work.
NVRAM, bigger HD, more RAM. Maybe even that PowerUp. Of course I will put
either Open BSD or Net BSD on the box.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <druaga at pmail.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] RDI Britelite WAS (Weitek PowerUp Question )


> I've vaguely heard of RDI but what is the Britelite?  How's it different
> than a standard IPX?  Anybody have a good link to the info?
>
> Mike Hebel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Mike Nicewonger
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:31 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Weitek PowerUp Question
>
>
> I myself would leave the chip in the 2. More room, better cooling, no
chance
> of damaging the chip.
>
> Now what I plan to do with my spare PowerUp is put it into an RDI
Britelite
> IPX I have. Now that will be neat.
>
> Mike N
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kurt Mosiejczuk" <kurt at csh.rit.edu>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Weitek PowerUp Question
>
>
> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Al Potter wrote:
> >
> > > Leave it in the 2 and transplant the other components into it.
> > >
> > > The 2 will be marginally faster than an IPX (more hardware contexts)
and
> has
> > > the space for a 2d internal drive.
> > >
> > >
> > > AL
> >
> > But the IPX is so much cuter than the 2 =)
> >
> > I suppose I could move all the stuff over, I have other 2s that I
> > figured I'd put the chip in, while my other 2s are all good, I
> > suspect this one without a power supply has been out of service for
> > some time and I'd bet it's NVRAM is dead too.  At that point, pulling
> > the Weitek seems easier than moving power supply, ram ,drives, NVRAM,
etc.
> >
> > --Kurt
> >
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