13 May
2018
13 May
'18
9:36 a.m.
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 23:11:57 -0500
From: "Sam O'nella" <barythrin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Sparc Laptops
Yes the IBMs are worth tracking down. I always keep my eye out but rarely
see them come up for sale but it'd be fun to have an RS/6000 that doesn't
cause a hernia to move. My only similar one is a tadpole but I don't recall
the version. I used a universal power supply to get it to run for a little
while but then I'm pretty sure the backlight on the lcd popped and went
out. So I'm also a member of the almost but not quite functioning owners
club. :-) Would gladly get rid of some Ultras if I could upgrade to a
portable.
The Tadpole with the 50MHz PowerPC processor was sold as an IBM N40.
I have one of those too.
--
Michael Thompson