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Old Sparc notebook
Name: craftywizard Date: January 22, 2006 at 07:09:11 Pacific OS: Solaris CPU/Ram: 700mhz/384mb
Comment:
Hi, I found an old Sparc notebook without it's power adaptor. I'm not sure if it works, but nothing looks damaged. Where could I get a power adaptor for this so I could turn it on? Would be neat if it still worked.
Name: boarddude Date: January 23, 2006 at 23:53:33 Pacific
Reply:
Try the brokers.. What kind of notebook?
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Response Number 2
Name: craftywizard Date: February 2, 2006 at 15:24:00 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure but it is old becaues it runs MS-DOS. Probably a Sparc I.
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Response Number 3
Name: HaroldW Date: February 3, 2006 at 09:31:32 Pacific
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CraftyWizard:
Is notebook a "Tadpole" like you list as your System Manufacturer? They are at www.tadpolecomputer.com. If is is an older one (maybe the 700mhz you list) than it only has a Sparc processor and cannot run x86 based operating systems (including MS-DOS.) It can run Sparc Solaris and there are a very few distributions of Linux designed for Sparc processor systems. A 700mhz processor is not "that" old for a Sparc system, maybe three or four years.
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