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- From: graff@vnet.ibm.com (Michael Graff)
- Message-ID: <19921106.154253.676@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 15:45:34 PST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: IBM PS2/700 ThinkPad Laptop?
- References: <1992Nov6.183213.19469@advtech.uswest.com>
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- In <1992Nov6.183213.19469@advtech.uswest.com> John Matthews <matthews@mis.uswest.com> writes:
-
- >Has anyone seen the Dell 320SLi laptop? It looks great except for the
- >20Mhz speed and lack of a cache. I might even be able to live with this if
- >I could only find one to take a look at.
-
- See PC Week, Nov 2. They like the machine mostly, but were
- disappointed by the reflective screen.
-
- > - Has two slots that appear to be PCMCIA slots. The salesman wasn't
- > sure if they were standard ones or not. If anyone knows for sure,
- > please let me know.
-
- The ThinkPad 700 does not have PCMCIA slots, unfortunately. Those two
- slots you saw are probably for the DRAM cards.
-
- > - Supposedly has a 32 bit Micro-Channel bus.
-
- I suspect it's only 16-bit since the processor is 16-bit externally.
-
- > - An IBM 486SLC chip in it. I am real curious about known problems
- > or bugs if there are any.
-
- IBM is using their SLC chips in a lot of machines. IBM developed the
- design with Intel's blessing. Note that IBM's 486SLC is a different
- design than the Cyrix chip of the same name. The most notable
- difference is the 16K cache in the IBM version vs. the 1K cache in the
- Cyrix version.
-
- > - If two slots aren't standard PCMCIA, I'll be bummed.
-
- Consider yourself bummed.
-
- > - Color version weighs around 6.9 pounds. I was told that the
- > monochrome weighs 5.8 - 5.9 pounds.
-
- Color is 7.6 pounds, mono is 6.5 pounds.
-
- ...Michael Graff
-