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{{IBM personal computers}}
{{IBM personal computers}}
[[Category:IBM laptops]]
[[Category:IBM laptops]]




Revision as of 12:09, 19 May 2021

ManufacturerIBM and Toshiba[1]
Introduced1992
TypeLaptop (desktop replacement)
Processor386SX

The IBM PS/2 CL57SX (Personal System/2 Color Laptop 57SX) is the first laptop with a color TFT screen released by IBM in 1992. It was released a few months before the introduction of the ThinkPad series.

Background

It was developed by a joint venture between IBM and Toshiba.[1] The sibling model in a PS/55 line was a PS/55 N27sx laptop.[2]


Specifications

It is based on the Micro Channel Architecture.[3] It contained a 386SX on 20MHz, between 2 and 16MiB RAM, 10.4" color TFT, weighted 11 lb (5.0 kg) and had a trackball.[4]

It can run IBM OS/2.

It was priced at $5,995 and available from April 1992.[5][6]

Reception

It was not favorably received by the market.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Name (1992-02-25). "IBM UK LAUNCHES COLOUR LAPTOP AS WELL AS NOTEBOOK". Tech Monitor. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ "ThinkPad History Part 3 – 1992 Launch". DankPads. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. ^ Torgan, Emerson Andrew (1992-06-16). "IBM debuts new portables: large-display color laptop, SLC-based notebook". PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc. p. 59.
  4. ^ A., Dell, Deborah (2000). ThinkPad: a different shade of blue. Sams. p. 89. ISBN 0-672-31756-7. OCLC 781169669. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Scannell, Ed (1992-03-23). "IBM puts a splash of active-matrix color into portable line". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  6. ^ "IBM PS/2 MODEL CL57 SX SYSTEM AND FEATURES". Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  7. ^ A., Dell, Deborah (2000). ThinkPad : a different shade of blue. Sams. p. 258. ISBN 0-672-31756-7. OCLC 781169669. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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