[SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP

[Borgen_Gary]

I figured out after I sent the last message, that it auto archives.
Better watch what I write......

I just popped the lid again on the 170.
It has a genuine Sun TurboGX graphics chip, 3 hard disks, each
with an ADTX SCSI to IDE converter (I doubt the SCSI controller
is RAID compatible), and 128 MB of RAM.

The adventure continues.

----- 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: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:46 PM
Subject: RE: [SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP


> Hi,
>
> Yeah I looked it up last night and saw it was different to the 3GX. I've
not
> tried Sol9 myself, but from following the ramblings on this list over the
> last couple of years, it will install on the SB3 et al., but with no FB.
So
> by the same thread, you would imagine it to work fully on the 170. No fun
> tools to bring the battery life from 3 minutes up to 5 minutes but such is
> life.
>
> It is probably a brave man to install Sol9 on a machine with < 128Mb RAM
but
> you clearly have a masochist streak in you :)
>
> This list should archive itself:
http://ohno.mrbill.net/pipermail/sparcbook/
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org]
> On Behalf Of Borgen_Gary
> Sent: 10 December 2003 03:14
> To: For owners of Tadpole/RDI's SPARCbook series of portable
Sun-compatible
> computer systems.
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] LCD upgrade for a SB 3XP
>
> 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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