6 Sep
2009
6 Sep
'09
3:18 p.m.
I have here a Sparcbook laptop by Tadpole which will go free for the
cost of (not insubstantial) shipping to a good home. It works when it
wants to. The AC adaptor is good, however the power connector on the
mainboard may be loose. Sometimes it boots; often it does not. When
it does boot, it boots up a login and I was able to log on as root
with a blank password. Included with the Sparcbook are:
- AC Adaptor
- CD of Solaris 1.01 for Sparcbook (Version A.)
- (2) floppy set of SoftPC Ver 3.05 for Sparcbook Solaris
- Sparcbook 1 User Guide
- Sparcbook 1 SoftPC Installation Guide
- Solaris 1.0.1 Sparcbook version Release Notes
I also have second copy of the Sparcbook User Guide which I will send
to anyone interested in that piece only.
Shipping will be from 60074 zip. Local pickup is welcome. If I do
not have the proper shipping materials here, then I'll have to go to
the UPS store and have them box it up, so extra charges may apply
there.
Thanks
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jht
6 Sep
6 Sep
3:56 p.m.
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Jason T<silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
I have here a Sparcbook laptop by Tadpole which will
go free for the
Wow, I wasn't prepared for the avalanche of requests. I guess these
are cute little boxes. And like that, it's gone. The 2nd copy of the
User Guide is still here if anyone wants it.
-j
10:01 p.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
I have one of these, and would be grateful if the new owner of this one would be willing
to share a copy of the OS CD. -- Ian
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Subject: FFS: Tadpole SparcBook
I have here a Sparcbook laptop by Tadpole which will go free for the
cost of (not insubstantial) shipping to a good home. It works when it
wants to. The AC adaptor is good, however the power connector on the
mainboard may be loose. Sometimes it boots; often it does not. When
it does boot, it boots up a login and I was able to log on as root
with a blank password. Included with the Sparcbook are:
- AC Adaptor
- CD of Solaris 1.01 for Sparcbook (Version A.)
- (2) floppy set of SoftPC Ver 3.05 for Sparcbook Solaris
- Sparcbook 1 User Guide
- Sparcbook 1 SoftPC Installation Guide
- Solaris 1.0.1 Sparcbook version Release Notes
I also have second copy of the Sparcbook User Guide which I will send
to anyone interested in that piece only.
Shipping will be from 60074 zip. Local pickup is welcome. If I do
not have the proper shipping materials here, then I'll have to go to
the UPS store and have them box it up, so extra charges may apply
there.
Thanks
--
jht
10:13 p.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
Ian King wrote:
I have one of these, and would be grateful if the new
owner of this one would be willing to share a copy of the OS CD. -- Ian
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If memory serves, the CD is very similar
to the Sunos 4.x cd, and making
a copy will be a challenge due to stunts that Sun pulled to allow
booting on multiple architecture Sparcs.
I would appreciate a copy if it can be made to run with some earlier IPX
and IPC's that I have as well.
Thanks
Jim
7 Sep
7 Sep
12:04 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
Jim wrote:
If memory serves, the CD is very similar to the Sunos
4.x cd, and
making a copy will be a challenge due to stunts that Sun pulled to
allow booting on multiple architecture Sparcs.
Just dd from the raw CDROM device
into a .iso file, then you can burn
discs from that image using any software that you'd normally use to burn
from ISO files. Or use any sort of Windows/MacOS/Linux
software that
can duplicate CDROMs (rather than creating a new image from files).
Eric
8:21 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:04:42 -0700
Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
Just dd from the raw CDROM device into a .iso file
... will not work for e.g. mixed mode CDs. On pure data CDROMs it will
add a few bogus sectors at the end of the image. (Run Off)
But most of the time dd(1) works well enough.
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Jochen
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6 Sep
6 Sep
10:54 p.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ian King<IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:
I have one of these, and would be grateful if the new
owner of this one would be willing to share a copy of the OS CD. ?-- Ian
I've had a couple other requests for the CD, so I'm going to try to
image it (and the floppies) before I ship out the Sparcbook. Any
advice on what tools to use to make the image? Unfortunately at this
time I only have access to Windows boxes. The filesystem on the CD
doesn't appear to be readable in Windows.
-j
7 Sep
7 Sep
12:40 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:54:23 -0500
Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
Any advice on what tools to use to make the image?
cdrdao(1) is capable of making a block-to-block copy or image of CDs.
I use it allways for making CD images.
Unfortunately at this time I only have access to
Windows boxes.
Boot a Linux live CD like Knoppix.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
6:49 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
rawrite should work ok.
I have solaris 1.01 I believe, somewhere. CD.
not sure it'll do.
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11:28 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
At 9:49 AM -0400 9/7/09, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
I have solaris 1.01 I believe, somewhere. CD.
not sure it'll do.
It might run, but the Tadpole CD would be better as it has some
Tadpole specific utilities for the laptop. Personally I am looking
for a CD for the Tadpole Sparcbook 3GS.
Zane
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8:52 a.m.
New subject: Tadpole SparcBook
Jason T wrote:
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ian King<IanK at
vulcan.com> wrote:
ImgBurn should work well to create an .ISO of the disc.
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I have one of these, and would be grateful if the
new owner of this one would be willing to share a copy of the OS CD. -- Ian
I've had a couple other requests for the CD, so I'm going to try to
image it (and the floppies) before I ship out the Sparcbook. Any
advice on what tools to use to make the image? Unfortunately at this
time I only have access to Windows boxes. The filesystem on the CD
doesn't appear to be readable in Windows.
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