[SPARCbook] How important is the NCE?

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Christopher J. Heric wrote:

> I am about 5 seconds away from formatting the 1.2 gig internal drive in my
> newly-acquired sparcbook 3gx. (Under solaris 2.6)

Then this message may be too late.

> I DO NOT HAVE the original Tadpole CD that was to have come with my
> Sparcbook, and I am wondering if it is a grave error for me to put a fresh
> system that does not have NCE. I never intend to run this machine from a
> battery etc. and I am not much worried about the power-saving capabilities
> of NCE.

Seems you missed out on the FAQ. Have a look at:
http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/SparcBook-FAQ/qanda.html#AEN178

Hugo.

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