[SPARCbook] Anybody still use this list?

[Super-User]

Michael Lorenz wrote:

> OTOH - there was some NeXTStep for SPARC based machines - has anyone here tried this on a SPARCbook ?
> 

I installed Nexstep for Sparc on my Sparcbook just to see how long it
would go. Actually all seemed
to work fine except there was no graphics driver that worked, and
Nextstep without graphics
is of course not much fun. I think I posted something about that on this
list long ago.

Nextstep worked nicely on my Sparc20 though, and since SS20 and SS5
where the main machines that Nextstep release was intended for its no
surprice that the Sparcbook went relatively well too.

However the Powerlite is supposed to run Nexstep out of the box.
Acoording to some old usenet postings some people were using the
Powerlite for just that reason ("and its black too!!").

I have been thinking about getting one of these Powerlites for Nextstep.
I might get a used
NeXT 3D plastic logo from Ebay and glue it on the front somewhere. It
will look like a NeXT laptop :)

I think maybe the Nextstep for Sparc doesnt do to well on the Ultra I'm
currently using, it may not have any Creator 3D driver...

Peter