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Southwest RDI Tadpole looking for a new home

Covers: Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico
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rp1399

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I've had my RDI Tadpole sitting in its original RDI codura carry case with all of its adapters unused for over 20 years. I'm never going to be using it again so wanted to see if someone else was looking for one before I consider putting it on fleabay. I recall a while back some firm was buying them and doing refurbs for some government contract. Its in such nice shape, but of course after all these years the battery wont hold a charge. The 18v power adapter seems to still work OK.
 
rp1399 said:
I've had my RDI Tadpole sitting in its original RDI codura carry case with all of its adapters unused for over 20 years. I'm never going to be using it again so wanted to see if someone else was looking for one before I consider putting it on fleabay. I recall a while back some firm was buying them and doing refurbs for some government contract. Its in such nice shape, but of course after all these years the battery wont hold a charge. The 18v power adapter seems to still work OK.
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Which model? Where are you located?
 
rp1399 said:
I've had my RDI Tadpole sitting in its original RDI codura carry case with all of its adapters unused for over 20 years. I'm never going to be using it again so wanted to see if someone else was looking for one before I consider putting it on fleabay. I recall a while back some firm was buying them and doing refurbs for some government contract. It’s in such nice shape, but of course after all these years the battery wont hold a charge. The 18v power adapter seems to still work OK.
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What price were you thinking? I’ve been trying to get into Sparc systems for a while but I haven’t had the dorm space for a full system, didn’t realize there was a portable version!
 
awesdude said:
I’ve been trying to get into Sparc systems for a while but I haven’t had the dorm space for a full system, didn’t realize there was a portable version!
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If it's an RDI, which would make it a PrecisionBook, not a SPARCbook, it's PA-RISC.
My understanding is that no SPARCbooks were produced by RDI, the predecessor to Tadpole.
 
oktology said:
If it's an RDI, which would make it a PrecisionBook, not a SPARCbook, it's PA-RISC.
My understanding is that no SPARCbooks were produced by RDI, the predecessor to Tadpole.
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RDI did make SPARC laptops but they were called PowerLite and BrightLite. RDI got bought out by Tadpole in 98 and from then on only the the Tadpole branding was used for SPARC laptops.
 
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