[rescue] Tadpole 3GX + extras for sale

[Ian Finder]

Sorry, the last message I sent was ridiculous.

The second part was a very misguided attempt to fish for commercial
abandonware recommendations, but it was too poorly worded to even
comprehend. Blame it on being up 24+ hours for finals.

On that note though, what is the legal status of Tadpole-compatible Solaris
media? I wouldn't mind being able to fresh-install Solaris 2.6.

- Ian

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember my dad having one when I was a kid, and I've been looking to
> get into mid-90s Sparc gear.
>
> I have another 3GX, but it's kinda shitty and I haven't used it much yet.
> This is the first one I've seen on ebay in a while, so this was kind of an
> impulse buy. I want to be able to at least keep one running between them.
>
> Anyway,
>
> Truth be told, I have very little Solaris / sun4 experience, and I've
> dealt mainly with Irix over the years.
>
> The appeal of a Sparc laptop was just too much, but now that I've got one,
> what are some must-haves?
>
> I know about the Sun freeware site, and I'm gonna go there to get a build
> environment set up, but is there any essential, neat software specifically
> for this era of system I should hunt down as opposed to just compiling a
> bunch of psuedo-modern stuff on it?
>
> -- Ian
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jay York <jay_york at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Congrats.  I paid over a grand for mine.  That was a little while ago.
>> Before that, at work, I think we paid almost $15K for one, new.
>>
>> -Jay
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 2011-12-04 at 19:06 -0800, Ian Finder wrote:
>> > Well, I bought the damn thing.
>> >
>> > Is $202 too much for a damn sparcbook?
>> >
>> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150709639417
>> >
>> > If Caleb is reading this, I should have the money I owe him as well :)
>> >
>> > -- Ian
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>
>
> --
>    Ian Finder
>    (206) 395-MIPS
>    ian.finder at gmail.com
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>


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   Ian Finder
   (206) 395-MIPS
   ian.finder at gmail.com