Comments on: Old IBM sub-sub-notebook information?

Question: Old IBM sub-sub-notebook information?

dreamyshade — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:27:39 -0800

Asking for the boyfriend: I saw an extremely small IBM ThinkPad sometime in the mid-90's. It ran DOS and had an external floppy drive, and it sparked my love of sub-sub-notebooks. Does anyone else remember the machine I've described, or know its model number or where more information can be found?

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:51:01 -0800

Was it the 701 Butterfly?

By: datacenter refugee

datacenter refugee — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:02:16 -0800

The Wikipedia Thinkpad page seems to point to the 500 (500, 560) being the smallest thinkpad line ever mass-produced. Additionally, they started their production run with 486SX procs, putting them towards the end of the DOS age. The only other thing I could think of would be the Thinkpad Transnote which I've never been hands-on with. Are you sure this was a Thinkpad and not a Jornada or Libretto?

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:24:35 -0800

Sounds like the PC110 series. Sold mostly overseas, it was part of the ThinkPad line, but was often called the PalmTop.

It shipped with a 486 processor, but it's still powerful enough to handle Linux and FreeBSD.

By: dreamyshade

dreamyshade — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:57:32 -0800

Thanks, guys! The boyfriend is quite happy.

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:24:33 -0800

If your boyfriend is looking for something in a similar vein but with modern specs, he might be interested in checking out the Toshiba Libretto U100.

By: Eater

Eater — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:07:01 -0800

I'm writing this on a Thinkpad 240, which I bought in 1999 and which is still going strong (running Debian now). It weighs 2 point something pounds and has a 10-inch screen. Maybe not the smallest Thinkpad ever but still painless to carry around all day. I am very fond of it.

By: MrC

MrC — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:57:27 -0800

I'd second the Thinkpad 240, I used to have one which ran Win 2k and could be hidden inside a bag easily, great for big cities. It always attracted the interest of people suffering from dislocated shoulders from carrying huge laptops on trains and planes. You can get them on ebay for a few hundred dollars