t42s used on space missions???

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t42s used on space missions???

#1 Post by SimonCC » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:17 am

I read somewhere that t42s are the computers issued to be used on nasa space missions, is this true? I suppose if any laptop could survive 'the shakes' its IBM's...
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#2 Post by texasdiver » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:38 pm

Haven't you seen the magazine ads where they built a Mars Rover out of a Thinkpad? If it can go to Mars then it must be tough! :lol:
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#3 Post by SimonCC » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:41 pm

hmm....cant say i have! :lol:
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#4 Post by zzyss » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:30 pm

texasdiver wrote:Haven't you seen the magazine ads where they built a Mars Rover out of a Thinkpad? If it can go to Mars then it must be tough! :lol:
Hmm... I think that might have just been a marketing image. But anyway, here is the largest version of it I could find: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/images/tp_rover_78.jpg
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#5 Post by skanky » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:33 am

^^ i bet that wouldnt be running win98.

"..and now the mars rover will place the IBM flag on the surface of mars to claim the planet... oh no blue screen etc!"
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#6 Post by Plinkerton » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:31 am

That image is still used in all the current IBM ads in all the new PC rags, like Mobile PC, Laptop, etc.
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#7 Post by Ghostrider » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:53 am

skanky wrote:^^ i bet that wouldnt be running win98.

"..and now the mars rover will place the IBM flag on the surface of mars to claim the planet... oh no blue screen etc!"
.... you mean: BIG BLUE - screen. ;)
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#8 Post by SimonCC » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:50 am

quote taken from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/laptop17.htm - 'NASA uses a specialized model of the IBM Thinkpad (running Microsoft Windows 95) for work in the space shuttle and in the International Space Station'. Thats all i could find on it and it doesnt specify that its a t42, me thinks its a load of rubbish, baaa humbug! :shock:
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