Was this one of the ones from about '92? If it's the one I'm thinking of,
it would be the first with the 'pencil' pointer in the keyboard. For all I
know, the first built in pointer (I'd not seen any prior to this). Of
course I really remember it running AIX and OS/2 at the same time (I hate
AIX, but sure wish they had released that product).
Zane
>I picked up a copy of Mobile Computing and the editorial starts off by
>mentioning several portable computers that were significant in the history
>of mobile computing. Included in the list was the Model 100 (of course)
>and the IBM 700 (I forget the others.)
>
>The question I have is what was significant about the IBM 700? If it's the
>I think it is, it had an external fdd, but it certainly wasn't the first
>(heck, the M100 had that.)
>
>So, does anyone know what the ed might have been talking about?
>
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