[geeks] aak! Tadpole 3GX parts/manual?

[Gaz God]

That looks like metal fatigue :(

I may have a spare screen here for the cost of postage from the UK, I can't
promise if the screen is any good but I think the surround is ok. I'll have
to have a dig and find it.

Contact me off list if your interested.

Gary

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM, der Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org>wrote:

> I have a Tadpole SPARCbook 3GX.  Just today, I went to close the lid
> and, with an unpleasant cracking sound, the right hinge broke.  It's a
> fairly serious break, a metal fracture right at the corner between the
> curved and flat part of the hinge.  The wire to the display panel
> appears undamaged, though I haven't tried turning it on since.  I took
> two pictures of the damage; they are on ftp.rodents-montreal.org at
> /mouse/misc/3GX/broken-hinge.1.jpg and .2.jpg.  .1.jpg is,
> unfortunately, rather out of focus; I was crowding the camera's
> depth-of-field a bit more than I should have when I took it, but it
> should be clear enough, especially in the presence of .2.jpg (which is
> a little too close, but not so much so as picture 1).
>
> So, I'm looking for two things: (1) a replacement for that metal part
> and (2) a manual that documents the thing mechanically enough for me to
> take it apart and perform the replacement.  Or, I suppose, another 3GX,
> but it seems unlikely there are any just sitting around looking for
> homes. :-/
>
> I found various things saying that Tadpole had the manuals up on
> ftp.tadpole.com (including someone from Tadpole back in 1999), but the
> directory given is no longer correct, and their current FTP area
> doesn't hvae anything that says "I'm the 3GX document!" to me.
>
> Any pointers?
>
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