The PS/2 CL57SX was a microchannel laptop (with a microchannel slot in its
docking station) and a really nice TFT screen. It cost about $10K new.
The first models of ThinkPad were the 300, 500, and 700.
The CL57SX was actually the last PS/2 noteboook. Before it were the
N51SX, N45SL, N41SC, L40SX, P75, and the P70. The P75 and P70 were
lunchbox-style. There was also the weird little PS/2e.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Oooh, what catches my eye is the PS/2 CL57 SX color.
I wonder if that is a
L-T version of the 8557, announce date: June, 1991. I wonder if it also has a
SCSI port. Never heard of this model before. Damn, I want one.
Lawrence
+AD4- I'm looking for the model name/number
and date of
+AD4- introduction of the first IBM ThinkPad,
The laptop sales literature I have says:
Thinkpad
1992-10-05: Thinkpad name announced
models: 700,700C,700T,300
pre-Thinkpad
1992-07-22: PS/note N45SL
1992-03-24: PS/2 CL57 SX color announced
1991-02: L40SX
John A.
PS/note. The successor to +ACI-PS/Boat+ACI-.
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