[SPARCbook] Re: Upgrade 640x480 screen?

[Ken Hansen]

You could recoup some of your investment by selling the "extra" HDs (or
atleast the caddies)...

See my previous post on "improving" an earlier SPARCBook)...

HTH,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Powell" <Chris_Powell at mitel.com>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:28 AM
Subject: [SPARCbook] Re: Upgrade 640x480 screen?


>
> Hi,
>
> I don't actually own a SPARCbook 3 yet. A dealer in the UK has an 85MHz
> one, but has yet to say if it's a XP or GS model. The price (~850 pounds)
> and extras (3x discs, 2x batteries) sounds attractive, but perhaps only
> if it's a GS. My idea was to get it anyway and then buy a cheap PC
> laptop with a 10.4" 800x600 screen (looking for the same LCD as in the
> SPARCbook) to upgrade XP->GS. 640x480 doesn't sound particularly usable.
>
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 08:36:13 -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
>
> >     Finally, the front of the "lid" will have to be modified, to enabl
you
> > to see the
> >     entire 10.4" glory of your display. I suspect this will render the
> > case/display,
> >     umm, ugly.
>
> I had assumed that the cases were identical, with the aperture in the lid
> being masked for a 9.4" screen. Oh well....
>
> Until I know if the SB3 I've been offered is an XP or GS, I don't even
> know if I need to do this.
>
> There again, if I could find a 1024x768 10.4" LCD.....!
>
>
> Chris (soon to be SPARCbook owner!).
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