[SPARCbook] passwd cracking

[Michael M Delaney]

Hey,
Does anyone know what versions of Solaris 2.6 can be patched for free (I
heard that only some revisions will work)?  Also I want to say that I only
have one real problem with Tadpole:  They don't have an Internship/Coop
program and therefore won't hire me.  ;)
Thanks,
Mike

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, paul daley wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
>   Let's put this to rest. Here's the real deal with the $400 SPARCbooks. A 
> client of Tadpole's bought 1108
> special GX systems with no manuals, 2.5.1 loaded, no OS disks or docs, no 
> cables and a  trackball.
> After two years the client software was ported to NT and our client sold 
> the lot to Herman Miller/SQA who sold them
> for $400-$800.They were not the end users, just a clearing house.
>   Before the systems were sold off, Tadpole refurbished each batch for a 
> nice profit. Because the SPARCbook
> was still in production at the time, we did not offer any deals to the $400 
> customer. Since that time Tadpole's
> After Market Sales team has,with the help of the owner of this list (Mr 
> Bill) been able to offer numerous parts
> and items at VERY reasonable and fair prices.
>   Some things we are not yet allowed to discount i.e.. current operating 
> systems. When we can place the drivers
> on the ftp site this list will be the very first to know because it's users 
> like you, that spread the Tadpole name and we value
> your support of our products regardless of what you paid for it.
>   It's our practice in After Market Sales, that if you mention SunHelp.Org 
> you never pay retail on an order. My boss get's
> mad if I give away the store so we do what we can to help you knowing most 
> of you don't have 20K to spend. But your
> $25 or $30 order is just as important to us because your our advocates. 
> Remember, we (Tadpole) have to sell things to eat around
> here.
>   I hope this clears things up. If not, I tried.
> 
> Paul
> After Market Sales
> Tadpole
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:01 PM 11/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >My understanding was that these were used by office furniture sales folks to
> >configure office furniture "systems" for clients. I suspect they were almost
> >never run on batteries, that they included trackballs indicates that they
> >were probably set up for an extended period of time (all day) as opposed to
> >being "whipped out" to dazzle a client.
> >
> >That they were kept clean and in a high state of repair is due to their use
> >as a sales tool (if programmer had them, there would all sorts of sugar and
> >caffine related stains I bet), and that many of them were run through Rave
> >(Warranty depot) one last time before being sold on the open market. The
> >machines were removed from active service while under a very good maint.
> >contract, IMHO.
> >
> >Ken
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bill Strange" <wstrange at polarisdata.com>
> >To: <n2vip at bellatlantic.net>
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 5:56 PM
> >Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] passwd cracking
> >
> >
> > > Right again.  These are real work-stations, just a bit more portable than
> > > most.  I use mine [3000XT] for software development supporting a data
> > > processing operation.  Most of the systems purchased from Ross Pennington,
> >and
> > > I am guessing/extrapolating here, were either not used at all or were used
> >as
> > > inexpensive introductions to the Sun Solaris world.
> >
> >
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> *************************************************
> Paul C Daley
> After Market Sales
> Tadpole-RDI
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> 
> 
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