[SPARCbook] Fw: Re: ultrabook lli wifi on solaris 10 help and memory

[stephen price]

I need to correct some of my original statement below - as it is not exactly true.

There used to be 3 separate companies - RDI - Cycle - Tadpole.  Each of them had their own product line.  I forget exactly which one was bought first - I think it was Tadpole bought Cycle - then they bought RDI - maybe it RDI first - I dont recall exactly.  Anyway, Tadpole was the ultimate survivor name (then they were acquired by another company later on - but that's a whole different story in itself).

Tadpole sorta picked up and melded all the products together.  The sparcbook series was Tadpole's.  The Ultrabook was RDI originally I think.  Then came the sparcle series, viper, bullfrog etc.

All the "later" models - sparcle, viper, sun ultra3, bullfrog etc have to use external usb keyboards for base os installs - upgrades etc.

The ultrabook series (I, IIi, IIe etc) don't have to use external usb keyboards.

regards
steve

> the one really nice thing about the sparcbook IIi and IIe
> that none of the other tadpole laptops share is that it has
> a "true" unix scancode keyboard - all the others have a pc
> scancode keyboard - something you quickly learn to
> appreciate when you load new o/s - patches etc.  (hint
> - the other laptops require the use of a usb keyboard -
> yours doesn't <grin>)