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It can run [[IBM OS/2]].
It can run [[IBM OS/2]].


It was priced at $5,995 and available from April 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Scannell|first=Ed|date=1992-03-23|title=IBM puts a splash of active-matrix color into portable line|url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=3j0EAAAAMBAJ|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]|language=en|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.|page=8}}</ref>
It was priced at $5,995 and available from April 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Scannell|first=Ed|date=1992-03-23|title=IBM puts a splash of active-matrix color into portable line|url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=3j0EAAAAMBAJ|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]|language=en|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.|page=8}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==

Revision as of 12:04, 18 April 2021

The IBM PS/2 CL57SX is the first notebook with a color TFT screen released by IBM in 1992. It was released a few months before the introduction of the ThinkPad series.

Specifications

It is based on the Micro Channel Architecture.[1] It contained a 386SX on 20MHz, between 2 and 16MiB RAM, 10.4" color TFT, weighted 11lbs and had a trackball.[2]

It can run IBM OS/2.

It was priced at $5,995 and available from April 1992.[3][4]

Reception

It was not favorable received by the market.[5]

References

  1. ^ Torgan, Emerson Andrew (1992-06-16). "IBM debuts new portables: large-display color laptop, SLC-based notebook". PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc. p. 59.
  2. ^ A., Dell, Deborah (2000). ThinkPad: a different shade of blue. Sams. p. 89. ISBN 0-672-31756-7. OCLC 781169669.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Scannell, Ed (1992-03-23). "IBM puts a splash of active-matrix color into portable line". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 8.
  4. ^ IBM PS/2 MODEL CL57 SX SYSTEM AND FEATURES
  5. ^ A., Dell, Deborah (2000). ThinkPad : a different shade of blue. Sams. p. 258. ISBN 0-672-31756-7. OCLC 781169669.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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