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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:22:28 +0200 (MET DST), Lars Evensen wrote: >On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, derelict wrote: > >> >> On 16-Apr-97 Randy Whittle wrote: >> >At 12:13 PM 4/15/97 -0700, Don Perley wrote: >> [snip] >> >> >> >>I guess that means we can kiss off any notion of alternate CPU's >> >>like PPC, Cyrex, AMD. >> > >> > You didn't seriously think IBM was going to use anything but, did you? >> > >> > They're a premium brand--they'll use premium brand parts. The only >> >exception to Intel chips in the ThinkPad line was IBM's own >> >licensed-from-Intel chip >> >> Didn't the 8xx thinkpads have PPC processors and run Unix? > >Yes, and they still do. But to my knowledge, the TP860 is concidered as >part of the RS/6000 series, and not the PC's. > >CU >-- >LArs Evensen, Overordnet TillitsValgt (OTV) ved FIM, NTNU >E.B.Schieldrops Vei 11-16 E-mail : larsev@fm.unit.no >7033 Trondheim WWW : http://www.fm.unit.no/~larsev/ >Norway Phone : + 47 - 73 88 89 01 > > The 830, 50, and 60 are part of the ThinkPad PowerSeries, in the RS/6000 group. They came with I think either 32MB or 64MB of RAM, 75MHz 603e processor, SCSI-II hard drive and CD-ROM, and either Windows NT or AIX. Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net