15 May
1999
15 May
'99
3:25 p.m.
As the new owner of an abandoned IBM product (Thinkpad Power Series 850,
1995, not on topic, though highly advanced at the time and now abandoned)
I was wondering if anybody had any favourite IBM remarketers they turned
to when in need of IBM unobtanium, or were chummy with any warehouse
managers...
I'm willing to throw money at this one, it's too close to being Really
Cool to not. (:
For those unfamiliar with the Thinkpad Power Series line, they are IBM's
brief foray into the RS/6000 laptop market. The 850 sports a 100 MHz PPC
603e (not speedy) and a surprising array of multimedia capabilities
(including NTSC video I/O), and runs AIX up to 4.1.5, or 4.2.something if
one feels lucky.
I'd appreciate any leads anybody could pass on.
ok
r.
15 May
15 May
9:31 p.m.
As the new owner of an abandoned IBM product (Thinkpad
Power Series 850,
1995, not on topic, though highly advanced at the time and now abandoned)
I was wondering if anybody had any favourite IBM remarketers they turned
to when in need of IBM unobtanium, or were chummy with any warehouse
managers...
I'm willing to throw money at this one, it's too close to being Really
Cool to not. (:
For those unfamiliar with the Thinkpad Power Series line, they are IBM's
brief foray into the RS/6000 laptop market. The 850 sports a 100 MHz PPC
603e (not speedy) and a surprising array of multimedia capabilities
(including NTSC video I/O), and runs AIX up to 4.1.5, or 4.2.something if
one feels lucky.
One sold at the way overpriced otherwise auction I was at Friday (CalComp
in Anaheim CA) for about $125, so I wonder about rareness or really
coolness. Anyway what exactly are you looking for?
My two favorite tricks with IBM are, do a variety of searches (hotbot,
yahoo, lyco, et al and dejanews) on the part number and its FRU, and check
the places that advertise in Processor (a newspaper looking ad sheet for
old hardware).
16 May
16 May
10:52 p.m.
On Sat, 15 May 1999, Mike Ford wrote:
One sold at the way overpriced otherwise auction I was
at Friday (CalComp
in Anaheim CA) for about $125, so I wonder about rareness or really
coolness. Anyway what exactly are you looking for?
ARRGH, don't tell me these things. I cannot begin to describe how
depressing it is to hear that. Certainly they're less common than
SPARCbooks, and ever so slightly more robust on the features front.
I'm looking for the larger disk, the optional video camera attachment, and
with any luck a spare LCD panel of the higher-resolution variety. I'm a
bit dissapointed that the previous owner opted for the 640x480 model. X at
tht resolution is a trial of patience.
ok
r.
11:46 p.m.
I'm looking for the larger disk, the optional video
camera attachment, and
with any luck a spare LCD panel of the higher-resolution variety. I'm a
bit dissapointed that the previous owner opted for the 640x480 model. X at
tht resolution is a trial of patience.
My guess is the disc will be easy, the rest hard. Here is a good source of
information.
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to the whole list, that's okay, but please use the -REQUEST address next time!)
(THINKPAD is almost certainly a trademark of IBM.)
The FAQ for this group is available for anonymous ftp from
swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu, directory pub/archive/thinkpad/faq
(URL: ftp://swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu/archive/thinkpad/faq/ )
Thanks to Sean Chou <ychou(a)uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> for maintaining the FAQ.
There's also an archive of the past traffic on the list in
ftp://swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu/archive/thinkpad/archive
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