[SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP

[Borgen_Gary]

John,

One of the things that sold me on the 170 was that it uses a
standard CG6 graphics card (on the mainboard itself).  The
P9000 was on the SB3 and P9100 was on the SB3XP and
SB3GX.

I have heard that the Turbo Microsparc II in the 170
gives some Linux installs fits.  I haven't heard anything about
using it on any Solaris above 2.6.

Thanks for the reply,
Gary

PS: Should we be posting this on the SB archive?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Appleby" <john at dnsworld.co.uk>
To: "'For owners of Tadpole/RDI's SPARCbook series of portable
Sun-compatible computer systems.'" <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: RE: [SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP


> If my memory serves me correctly, the 170 has major driver impediments to
> running on Sol9. P9000 isn't supported for a start, I don't think.
>
> J
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org]
> On Behalf Of Borgen_Gary
> Sent: 09 December 2003 14:51
> To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP
>
> Just thought I'd drop a note to say that I was able to upgrade the display
> on my Tadpole Sparcbook 3XP.
>
> The 3XP comes stock with a 640x480 display which was not adequate
> (in my estimation) for X-windows or CDE.
>
> I was able to swap in a display from a Tadpole P1000G, which has a
> resolution of 800x600.  The donor P1000G was one of three 100 MHz
> Pentium parts units I picked up on ebay for a good price (no hard drives,
> one good battery, two good displays, and other stuff).
>
> It worked and fit perfectly.  The openboot prom monitor and Solaris 2.6
> recognized the display, and I now have a usable Solaris system.
>
> Now to work on my RDI Powerlite Turbo 170.  Has anyone tried running
> Solaris 9.0 or Aurora Linux on a Powerlite?
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