[SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is

[marianrandy1 at earthlink.net]

Are sparcbooks or Solaris compatible with any windows stuff?If not what programs are compatible?   --Original Message-----
>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
>Sent: Jan 2, 2009 11:30 PM
>To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
>Subject: [SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is
>
>Folks,
>
>Okay, the list will stay as-is for at least another year.  It's basically
>zero maintenance for me and I have more important things to do than delete
>a list and archive the contents somewhere right now. 8-)
>
>I think Tadpole (aka General Dynamics/Tadpole/Whatever) is the only company
>currently making SPARC-based laptops. [1] 
>
>I did a review of Naturetech's Meso999 (the Ultra 3) in 2005:
>http://www.sunhelp.org/review-hardware-naturetech-meso999/
>
>And here's pictures of the Proso2400:
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/674997/
>
>I know I wrote a review of the 2400, but I can't *find* it!  Not in the
>site archives, not in my personal archives, etc.  All I can find is the
>pictures.
>
>NatureTech appears to have gone out of business; their web page now goes to
>some sort of real estate company.
>
>Bill
>
>[1] Annoying: 4 years ago my contact at Tadpole had promised to send me an
>older SPARC-based laptop of some sort, newer than the SPARCBook 3 series,
>in exchange for advertising I ran for them on SunHELP.  Shortly thereafter,
>they got bought by GD, all of my contacts stopped responding, and I got
>nothing whatsoever out of the deal.  Nowdays, SunHELP costs more money than
>it brings in, but I continue running it as a "labor of love", with the
>occasional donation and Wish List purchase making up for my time.
>
>-- 
>Bill Bradford 
>Houston, Texas
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