IBM RS/6000 N40 Information and Software

System Type: 7007

Released in 1994 and discontinued in 1995, these systems were jointly developed by Tadpole Technology for IBM and ran a PowerPC 601. They predated the Power Series ThinkPads and could be considered a sort of precursor to them--with the ThinkPad 850 ultimately being rebranded as an RS/6000 coming full circle.

Downloads

Manuals

• Personal Systems Reference IBM ThinkPad Notebooks 1992 to 2001 - withdrawn

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Firmware, Drivers, & Software

• Windows NT PowerPC ARC Bootloader (1.46, 1.48, 1.49)
• Windows NT PowerPC Beta Sound Driver
• AIX PowerPC ARC Bootloader (1.46)
• PowerPC ARC Bootloader (1.50 & 1.51)

Supported Operating Systems

Being a PReP machine it enjoys support from the following operating systems:

- AIX 3.2.5 ~ 4.1.3
- Linux (heavy mods to get it going on PReP)
AND *POSSIBLY* THE FOLLOWING (I don't know for certain as I don't own one):
- Solaris 2.5.1 PowerPC
- Microsoft Windows NT PowerPC

Specifications

----CPU Options----

- 601 CPU

----Audio----

- ??????

----Video----

- ??????

----Memory----

Up to 64 MB