Re: [Thinkpad] How does the 701 keyboard work itself...

/misc. ramblings

AND, FWIW, i still have a few new 701 butterfly (papillon) keyboards as
well as a bunch of complete 701C's that actually work.. :-)
one is in my small museum along with a 770Z, RS/600/860 PowerPC, 755CE,
760ED, an original "THINK" Pad and a few others..

the 701 was a milestone thinkpad.. in more ways than just its clever
design..
i was told by one of the designers that this was the last thinkpad designed
at RTP(research triangle park) in north carolina..
since then, most (or all) have been designed at yamato in japan..

/end misc. ramblings

:-)

*******************
Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominique Pivard" <domi@kenavo.fi>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] How does the 701 keyboard work itself...

> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 at 12:16 PM you, "Nigel Shiftright"
> <saab_900@gmx.net>, said:
>
> >I've been familiar with the 701 series "papillon" Thinkpads, but I've
> >always wondered exactly how the keyboard folds into the machine...
(since
> >I've never had the pleasure of owning or using).
> >Anybody have a clue?
>
> When you open the lid, the left-hand side of the keyboard (cut diagonally
> at F4-4-T-H-M-Alt on the right) extends to the left. At the same time,
the
> right-hand side (cut diagonally at F5-5-Y-J-,-Ctrl on the left) extends
to
> the right and moves forward. When it's fully extended, both sides are
> joined like in a "normal" keyboard. Just witnessing this marvel of
> engineering is a sufficient reason to own a 701 ;-)
>
> Cheers, Dominique
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