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Has IBM shut down the thinkpads.com name

#1 Post by fefrie » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:38 pm

I can only find the website by googling it and clicking on the cached web page.
IBM Thinkpad T23 1.13 2647-9LU 640MB Ram 40GB hard drive SOLD!
T42 SXGA 1.7 64mb xp
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:27 am

FYI, Thinkpads.com was not owned by IBM but our own host Bill Morrow. Why is it down? I don't know, you can ask him.
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#3 Post by Kyocera » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:53 am

ryeengineer wrote:FYI, Thinkpads.com was not owned by IBM but our own host Bill Morrow. Why is it down? I don't know, you can ask him.
What he said.
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#4 Post by tfflivemb2 » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:28 am

I think that the OP is asking if IBM put their foot down and forced Bill to close down Thinkpads.com....and the answer is....most likely not, because this one would have been shut down too. It is likely a server issue.
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#5 Post by Kyocera » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:05 pm

I think that the OP is asking if IBM put their foot down and forced Bill to close down Thinkpads.com....and the answer is....most likely not, because this one would have been shut down too. It is likely a server issue
There was a problem getting to this site a couple of days ago, could have been a regional issue.
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#6 Post by BillMorrow » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:10 pm

i don't know whats up with the thinkpads.com site..
i can't get on but i CAN FTP to the site..
i sent an email to the server owner but no reply as yet..
the server is in colorado and the owner is now working and living in canada..
i'll give him a call on monday..
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#7 Post by BillMorrow » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:50 am

its now back online..
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