Weird but super useful gadgets
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On the occasion of ThinkPad's 25th birthday, we recall some of IBM's best known creations: from the Selectric typewriter to the IBM PC to the iconic laptop brand acquired by Lenovo in 2005.
The design of the ThinkPad 701 allowed it to pack an 11.5-inch keyboard into a 9.7-inch notebook.
When the lid of the machine, released in 1995, is opened up the full-size keyboard unfolds and slides into place.
As later ThinkPads featured larger screens the need for a fold-out keyboard was eliminated and the 701 was the only ThinkPad to use this "Butterfly" keyboard.
The 701 is powered by a 486DX4/75 processor and weighs only 4.5 pounds.
The "Butterfly" keyboard won plaudits for its design and was put on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Caption by: Nick Heath
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