[SPARCbook] Solaris 2.6 with > 8bit color

[Sunder]

Hugo.van.der.Kooij at caiw.nl wrote:
> 
> NCE from Solaris 2.5.1. won't work as reported in the FAQ:
> 
>    .4. What OS does the SparcBook 3 run and do I need to purchase from
>    Tadpole?
> 
>    The SparcBook 3 will run Sunos 4.1.3-u1 and any Solaris version up to
>    and including Solaris 2.6! Not all of the original distributions from

<SNIP>

Faq is slightly incorrect.  There is a Solaris 7 specifically from Tadpole that
works.  But it's $350.

> Granted is does not tell you explicitly that NCE will break down the house
> if you run it on anything else but Solaris 2.5.1 but it dows tell you that
> there is no NCE for Solaris 2.6

There is also no NCE for Solaris 7.  The same command line tools in 2.6 are
available.
 
> Getting Solaris 2.6 from TadPole won't help. As it does not contain NCE on
> the CD. It's not there and the command line utilities ar all you have.

Yup, ditto for 7.


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