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=b8cb75adb7245747301f9e82beef570a

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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