Sort-of-a-Conquest: ThinkPads, Mobility, UNIX Iron. — #28

Post #28 by quinterro

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Peripherals
Post Date	Fri, 16 May 2008 - 13:54
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/sort-of-a-conquest-thinkpads-mobility-unix-iron.13041/

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I'm still searching high and low for one of these:
ThinkPad 800 series

The ThinkPad 800 series (800/820/821/822/823/850/851/860) were unique in that they were based on the PowerPC architecture, rather than the Intel x86 architecture. They all used the PowerPC 603e CPU, at speeds of 100 MHz, or 166 MHz in the 860 model. The 800 may have used a 603, and it is unclear if the 800 was experimental or not. All units used SCSI 2 instead of IDE hard disks. The units are believed to have all been extremely expensive, as the 850 cost upwards of $12,000. The 800 series can run Windows NT 3.5 (probably 4.0 as well), OS/2, AIX 4.14, Solaris Desktop 2.5.1 PowerPC Edition, and Linux.

I will find one someday!! I swear it!!!

Sadly I used to have one of those. It was password protected and I damaged it trying to clear it out. I ended up giving it to a friend who was a bit of a tech packrat. He had so much stuff in his car I swore it would flip over if he ever cleaned it out.

I don't remember the exact model number, but I do remember the PowerPC logo on the case.