From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 13:25:11 EST
I'll have to read that article. I have a nit pick about it however, which
is the
700C wasn't the first ThinkPad--the 700 was. The 700C came out like the
next week or something, but the 700 mono was a little bit earlier than the
color 700C. I had a 700C. Wonderful machine, except for the HORRID
hinge problem; in the 20 months I had it, I had five screen changes, four
of them due to failing hinges.
At 09:11 PM 3/31/00 +0200, Dominique Pivard wrote:
>While you were at it, you could have mentioned the URL of the story (OK,
>it's http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1615998.html).
>
>In the story, they said the first ThinkPad was the 700C, a 25Mhz 486
>introduced in 1992. Now I have a friend who had an IBM laptop: I seem to
>remember it was black, a 386 and before 1992. Weren't these machines
>called ThinkPads?
>
>Does someone know of a URL with a complete history covering all ThinkPads?
>
>Cheers, Dominique (701C, 560, 560X, 600E, all in use)
>
>
>On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 at 10:26 PM you, "Slip" <slipnfall_at_planetcable.net>,
>said:
>
> >(sorry for the previous HTML post, slipped thru the cracks)
>
> >Hello,
> > I thought maybe some members would be interested in reading this
> >story at Cnet's news.com. Quick article on IBM's 10 Million'th sale of
> >Thinkpads. 'Makes mention of the 700, 701, 560, and 600.
>
> >-Jamie
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