25 May
2015
25 May
'15
4:15 p.m.
Hi folks,
So I recently made a very poor trade for an RDI PowerLite 110 under the assumption that it
could run NeXTstep or OpenStep, as allegedly RDI supplied the PowerLite with this OS in
some configurations.
The PowerLite is essentially an SS5 in a chunky, ugly laptop.
When I boot the OpenStep and NeXTstep installers however, at the second stage loader I get
a "watchdog-reset" message from OBP.
Ultimately it's the same issue as discussed here:
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3153&sid=b8cb75adb7…
Any hope in getting this to run? Any ideas out there?
Or am I stuck with a fat ugly wannabe SparcBook 3? (I have a few of the 3GX/3TX family
which seem like far nicer machines, the only reason I wanted this RDI P.O.S. Is the weitek
framebuffer in the SparcBooks isn't supported by OS/NS, but the CG6 in the RDI
supposedly is. What a garbage machine RDI produced with this one...
Thanks,
- Ian
26 May
26 May
1:33 p.m.
On 26/05/2015 00:15, Ian Finder wrote:
So I recently made a very poor trade for an RDI
PowerLite 110 under the assumption that it could run NeXTstep or OpenStep, as allegedly
RDI supplied the PowerLite with this OS in some configurations.
The PowerLite is essentially an SS5 in a chunky, ugly laptop.
When I boot the OpenStep and NeXTstep installers however, at the second stage loader I
get a "watchdog-reset" message from OBP.
Ultimately it's the same issue as discussed here:
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3153&sid=b8cb75adb7…
Any hope in getting this to run? Any ideas out there?
Or am I stuck with a fat ugly wannabe SparcBook 3? (I have a few of the 3GX/3TX family
which seem like far nicer machines, the only reason I wanted this RDI P.O.S. Is the weitek
framebuffer in the SparcBooks isn't supported by OS/NS, but the CG6 in the RDI
supposedly is. What a garbage machine RDI produced with this one...
Ian,
I had the same problem with a PowerLite 110. Couldn't get either NS or
OS to boot. I'm not 100% certain but I've been led to believe the option
RDI provided was the OpenStep framework on top of Solaris.
I actually quite like the machines though :)
Cheers,
Dave
11:02 p.m.
Do you have another compatible sparc machine which you could install the OS
and transfer the drive from? Also is it possible to update the ROM to a
newer version on these? Just a gut feeling, but that would be my likely
suspect.
--
Brian Archer
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:33 PM, David Williams <dave at willomail.co.uk>
wrote:
On 26/05/2015 00:15, Ian Finder wrote:
So I recently made a very poor trade for an RDI
PowerLite 110 under the
assumption that it could run NeXTstep or OpenStep, as allegedly RDI
supplied the PowerLite with this OS in some configurations.
The PowerLite is essentially an SS5 in a chunky, ugly laptop.
When I boot the OpenStep and NeXTstep installers however, at the second
stage loader I get a "watchdog-reset" message from OBP.
Ultimately it's the same issue as discussed here:
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3153&sid=b8cb75adb7…
Any hope in getting this to run? Any ideas out there?
Or am I stuck with a fat ugly wannabe SparcBook 3? (I have a few of the
3GX/3TX family which seem like far nicer machines, the only reason I wanted
this RDI P.O.S. Is the weitek framebuffer in the SparcBooks isn't supported
by OS/NS, but the CG6 in the RDI supposedly is. What a garbage machine RDI
produced with this one...
Ian,
I had the same problem with a PowerLite 110. Couldn't get either NS or OS
to boot. I'm not 100% certain but I've been led to believe the option RDI
provided was the OpenStep framework on top of Solaris.
I actually quite like the machines though :)
Cheers,
Dave
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