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Re: what pizza box sparcs are Solaris 9 or 10 capable?

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From: Charles T. Smith
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:38
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:33:47 +0000, Kralizec Craig wrote:

> Andre van Eyssen <nntempt@nospam.purplecow.org> writes:
> 
>>On 2007-08-08, Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
> 
>>> Does anyone make ruggedised Sparc systems similar to the military-spec
>>> PC's made by places like OpenTec here in Australia, and Getac in the
>>> USA? I have only ever seen normal-spec Sparc laptop/palmtop systems to
>>> date.
> 
>>Tadpole make military-spec laptops, hence they were acquired by General
>>Dynamics to keep providing hardware for the military. There's a lot of
>>stuff around, but the information doesn't get plastered on web sites.
> 
> I've noticed that a lot of the more interesting Sparc hardware is on the
> 'shady' side when it comes to getting info about it.
> 
> Craig.


That's intriguing.  What do you mean with 'shady'?  Like stolen goods,
simply connected to the US military, or with private weapons runners, or
something else altogether?
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From: "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: what pizza box sparcs are Solaris 9 or 10 capable?
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