Rare 'Original Think Pad'

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#1 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:47 pm

For any of you ex-IBMers out there, you might want to pay attention to this auction. Then start going through those old boxes

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0442085710

#2 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:20 am

Thanks for the memory.
I haven't seen one of those since the 1980s!
I worked on IBM mainframes for over 30 years, but never got one myself

#3 Post by **JaneL** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:14 pm

I have one that someone gave me.

Temetka · #4 Post by **Temetka** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:51 pm

That'd be cool to have.

hausman · #5 Post by **hausman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:19 am

JaneL wrote:I have one that someone gave me.

Me too.

The IBM part number (FRU?) printed inside is G509-0023 and for the refills it's G509-0024. It also says, "For refills contact the nearest IBM office or write to IBM Canada Ltd., Dept 985, 1150 Eglinton Ave East, Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1H7." That address is now Celestica, who IBM spun off many years ago.

Has anyone had success in ordering refills in the last few years (or even decades)?

RealBlackStuff wrote:I worked on IBM mainframes for over 30 years, but never got one myself

They (the S/360-30 through 3083) were my personal computers late on Sunday nights before I got a 5150 in 1982.

#6 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:55 am

Here's an auction for the rare blue ladies Think pad.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Rare-Ladys- ... 0339291178

#7 Post by **JaneL** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:17 pm

Harryc wrote:Here's an auction for the rare blue ladies Think pad.

How cute!

#8 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:34 pm

hausman wrote:They (the S/360-30 through 3083) were my personal computers late on Sunday nights before I got a 5150 in 1982.

Where I first started on IBM machines, they still had a working 1401!
The last systems and mainframes I worked on were Abacus on Unisys, and RTB on IBM/Hitachi, both in Swiss banks.
My personal 'mainframe' has only an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ and fits nicely under my desk.
I do miss those mainframes though!

Kamelot314 · #9 Post by **Kamelot314** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:38 pm

Temetka wrote:That'd be cool to have.

It's time now or never!

killer · #10 Post by **killer** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:07 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote: Where I first started on IBM machines, they still had a working 1401!

The first computer I operated was an IBM 1401 in Birmingham in 1967/1968. It had about 16K of memory ... read a card, compute, print a line. How things have changed.

#11 Post by **BillMorrow** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:50 pm

RATS..!

had i known of that ebay auction i would have grabbed that blue THINK pad..

thats a rare item for sure..

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