[SPARCbook] SPARCBook Digest, Vol 33, Issue 1

Carl Lewis phoenix_epoch at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 12 16:52:10 CST 2009 

Still have my Sparcbook 3000xt that I often use when I want to get back to
basic c programming. Doesn't need anything so I rarely post or have a question
BUT I often read the mail.
Currently on Solaris 2.6 and will probably always be there.

Respectfully,

Carl

carllewis at phoenix-epoch.com

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>    1. Re: Considering shutting down this list (Mark Deibert)
>    2. Re: SPARCBook Digest, Vol 32, Issue 3 (Michael Thompson)
>    3. Re: Considering shutting down this list (Ed Rainsberger)
>    4. Re: Considering shutting down this list (Bill Bradford)
>    5. Okay: list will stay as-is (Bill Bradford)
>    6. Re: Okay: list will stay as-is (marianrandy1 at earthlink.net)
>    7. Re: Okay: list will stay as-is (Gary Borgen Old)
>    8. Re: Okay: list will stay as-is (Lionel Peterson)
>    9. SparcLE Question (Gary Borgen Old)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:35:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Mark Deibert <mdeibert2003 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Considering shutting down this list
> To: SPARC-based Portable Workstations <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
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> --- On Mon, 12/29/08, kevin r. marshall <kevin at pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> From: kevin r. marshall <kevin at pipeline.com>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Considering shutting down this list
> To: "SPARC-based Portable Workstations" <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 4:08 AM
>
> Still here, but i was always subbed just as a general interest thing.  I do
not
> own a Sparcbook nor would i have any valuable input regarding them.
>
> /KRM
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:00:32PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Anybody still out there?  I've not seen any list activity in more than
> two
> > months, and am realizing that SPARCBook "scene" may be just
> about dead.
> >
> > if you're still out there, speak up!
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford
> > Houston, Texas
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:20:22 -0500
> From: "Michael Thompson" <michael.99.thompson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] SPARCBook Digest, Vol 32, Issue 3
> To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
> Message-ID:
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> >Anybody still out there?  I've not seen any list activity in more than two
> >months, and am realizing that SPARCBook "scene" may be just about dead.
> >
> >if you're still out there, speak up!
> >
> >Bill
>
> Yup still here. This forum is about the only source of support for
> SPARCBooks. Could you keep it going?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:15:48 -0500
> From: Ed Rainsberger <rainsbe at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Considering shutting down this list
> To: SPARC-based Portable Workstations <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <495AE3E4.5060006 at comcast.net>
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> Michael wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > On Dec 29, 2008, at 6:49 PM, Ed Rainsberger wrote:
> >
> >> I have a U20 without hard drives that other wise works. It tries to
> >> boot and the screen displays the forth boot. Never could find the
> >> drives. Would hate to scrap it. Free to anyone for shipping cost.
> >
> > According to sun.com the U20 is a fancy PC which is probably not what
> > you meant.
> >
> > have fun
> > Michael
> >
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> >
> >
> Well the case of the Tadpole laptop says that it is an Ultrabook, model
> U20-14-1X-512P. But it is still available to a good home for the cost of
> shipping from 22193..
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:19:22 -0600
> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Considering shutting down this list
> To: SPARC-based Portable Workstations <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <20090103041922.GR5140 at mrbill.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Harden, Bob wrote:
> > I'm still using my 3GX it's a great system.  As soon as a cheap
> > ultrabook comes around on ebay ill be upgrading ;).  Don't see you much
> > on efnet anymore..
>
> I've not hung out on efnet for darn near 8-10 years; myself and a bunch of
> friends fractured off and made our own tiny IRC network.  Has much less
> netsplits and stupid politics.
>
> irc.mrbill.net, I usually hang out in #unix and/or #geeks.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> Houston, Texas
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:30:08 -0600
> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> Subject: [SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is
> To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
> Message-ID: <20090103043008.GS5140 at mrbill.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 09:15:42 -0500 (EST)
> From: marianrandy1 at earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is
> To: SPARC-based Portable Workstations <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID:
>
<25281396.1230992143279.JavaMail.root at mtwamui-sandhill.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> 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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> >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sparcbook
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:04:52 -0800
> From: "Gary Borgen Old" <gary.borgen at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is
> To: "SPARC-based Portable Workstations" <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <563C9F0198534BEFA862FB8C0B4AF172 at LIFEBOOK>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
> 	reply-type=original
>
> Thanks Bill !
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:18:18 -0500
> From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Okay: list will stay as-is
> To: "marianrandy1 at earthlink.net" <marianrandy1 at earthlink.net>,
> 	SPARC-based Portable Workstations <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <4FDB2F4C-9854-476F-8ABB-5742981729A8 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Not really, no.
>
> What are you hoping to do? Solaris/OpenSolaris runs well on many x86
> laptops, see http://opensolaris.org/os/ for more info...
>
> On Jan 3, 2009, at 9:15 AM, marianrandy1 at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > 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
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> SPARCBook mailing list  -  SPARCBook at sunhelp.org
> >> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sparcbook
> > _______________________________________________
> > SPARCBook mailing list  -  SPARCBook at sunhelp.org
> > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sparcbook
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:22:01 -0800
> From: "Gary Borgen Old" <gary.borgen at verizon.net>
> Subject: [SPARCbook] SparcLE Question
> To: "SPARC-based Portable Workstations" <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <87D22698169D4E89B46DF78422DCA0E8 at LIFEBOOK>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
> 	reply-type=original
>
> Anyone out there have any experiance with the memory used in the SparcLE?
> Mine came with one 512MB stick and I would like to expand it to 1GB (or
> maybe 2GB).
>
> >From what I've found, the factory memory is ECC, non-registered, PC133,
> SO-DIMM (144 pin).  Tough to find.
>
> The orginal manufacturer of the single memory chip I have, ATP Electronics,
> says the have some in stock, but haven't gotten back to me on costs (due to
> the holidays).
>
> In the mean time, I tried a non-ECC stick of memory and found that the
> SparcLE OBP recognized the memory.  I am reluctant to try it with an actual
> operating system, due to possible parity/ECC errors that may crop up.
>
> So the questions are:  Can I use non-ECC memory without issues?  Can I use
> registered, ECC memory, vs non-registered?
>
>
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