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"Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com> writes:

>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?

8-) Sort of military-ish I suppose, where info is give out only on a 'need
to know' basis. But there are plenty of commercial uses that have no
military connection where Sparc-based platforms are probably being used and
we just don't know because the equipment is in-house product for a very
specific non-standard purpose.

Craig.

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