Gary Winiger wrote:
>> I didn't see any +1s on this, although the case timed out. Can I get a
>> member to review this?
>>
>
> The case states:
>
>> Approximately 2.5 years ago, we integrated the basic platmod support
>> for the Douglas platform (PSARC 2007/152), which is the Tadpole SPARCLE
>> laptop. These laptops contain an UltraSPARC-IIe or IIi processor from 500 to
>> 650 MHz.
>>
>> Even at that time, the platforms were a bit on the underpowered side.
>>
>> This laptop was very briefly marketed by Sun as the Sun Ultra 3, but it
>> would appear that very few units were sold under this brand. (Those units
>> shipped with a customized version of Solaris 10, provided by Tadpole.)
>> Note that the Sun Ultra 3 was also used to cover mobile laptops from
>> Naturetech, which are not affected by this case.
>>
>
> And I'm aware that there is a "Tadpole" based on UltraSPARC IIIi
> that is still in use in some TX environments. I suspect such
> use would also carry over to Solaris Next with TX. How does
> this case affect that "Tadpole"? And if it does, have you checked
> with the TX folk on how that might affect those customers?
>
It doesn't effect the Ultra IIIi systems at all... although we have
never had support for them in Nevada. (They would have been identified
as TAD,Viper most likely, although this "implementation" name covered
some wildly differing Tadpole units, including the Bullfrog and Bullfrog
2 systems, which were not really laptops at all but rather "luggable"
behemoths weighing in at over 20 lbs. Bullfrog 2 didn't even support a
battery, since putting a battery in a system with a pair of UltraSPARC
IIIi CPUs was ... not practical.)
Are you sure that these systems are Tadpole systems? Naturetech had
some UltraSPARC IIIi systems that were also sold under the Sun Ultra 3
brand.
- Garrett
> Gary..
>
