TPG 11 Vintage – 300, 200, 500, iSeries

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Previous guide

Old Guide TPG 10 of this

Good… morning? Evening?

I guess this is the third time I’ve done prices for old Thonks.
The page format is copied from TPG 10, I kept the old notes & added TPG 11.

PS/2 & PS/Note
Budget ThinkPad 300
IBM Small Gadgets
Asia Compact 200
UltraPortable 500
iSeries….
Simon & PDA

All price research has been done by me 🙂 No AI was used or (sadly wasnt) harmed in this production.
Prices as of 4/22/2026 to 4/26/2026

Price guide info
Model – Highlighted text is a link to the ebay search, sold listings. The first search is either a generic catch all search, or just the MTM. Then from there it is specific models
Sometimes I sift through the information, as itll have parts listings and in some cases
Sold – How many units sold
Low, Mid, High – Should be obvious. 25-30%, 50-60%, 75-85% of the sold listings.
EX+ – Higher than high, but usually bc of it being in great condition, it has something special (accessories, complete with original box, new old stock, certain type of OS installed). In some cases, it can just a working unit…

Pricing data from TPG 9 & 10 (2024, 2025) will be in BOLD, especially so if there’s no data or just a significant price change.

• After the price table, I have some notes dotted in this format
• Literally just my thoughts in here
  • Also idk if i’ll be in search results without it… so yeah 🙂
• Because of how old these are, I will note if they are untested, damaged, bootable, & if they have an operating system
  • consider you will not get something turn key, the latter at a low price, but if you do, I will note it!
• I will link sellers on here and their location, usually if they are e-Waste or e recyclers, or specialized sellers who rebuild. Its here if you want to save them as a seller
  • In this era, there is a lot of demand but not so much of supply. That said, JCS computers, errr Jeremiah’s Computer Store LLC is an awesome seller of old and late model ThinkPads! Their listings are accurate, they take good pictures, and I believe they are a good seller.
  • Zdad Traders – ANother good seller
  • EAST-RECYCLING – No Nonsense seller, good pics

Economy Class ThinkPads
1991 to 1993

The first 300 ThinkPad and the other economy laptops before it.

• 5523-S
  • TPG 10
    • Price is actually a US/EU N33sx system, not this PS/55 model
    • Otherwise I see some parts for PC/XT systems that are avail, but none for PS/55 (well idk if its compatible but you know).
      • Got on an airplane & to working on this guide 😀
• PS/Note
  • Both were untested, linked seller had 2, low was best offer, mid was auction. High is an avail unit, messed up display, but comes with IBM era bag.
    • LIVIS-ELECTRONICS Binghamton, NY USA
  • Basically the PS/Note line had the length/width dimensions of a A4 sheet of paper or smaller.
    • PS/2 Note Were bigger, and had room for more chips & power.
    • Thus PS/Note were cheaper due to its size… couldln’t fit in as much.
• 300
  • Linked seller had mid price, they got bunch of old stuff, not really much PCs
    • Swans Shack Wenatchee, WA USA
  • The 300 is infamously known to be built by Zenith Data Systems & its quality control is BAD
• 300C
  • I didn’t know about this thing until 2024. I guess there was a special order color screen version of the 300. I am guessing it was not available in USA, as there’s no info on it via PSREF or ThinkWiki.
    • macdat.net – Info on 300C

IBM Built Economy Class
1993 to 1994

This is actual IBM economy class!

• 350 / 2618
  • Screen and mobo are available for $55 each, tested to power; linked the seller
    • steve-o-rama
      • TPG 10
        • Low price – Left hinge is broken at the base, untested, no charger
• 350
  • High Price – Powers up to a blank screen, has taped up case, idk if it comes with the bag. linked the seller, they got some other vintage computer stuff
    • pcgreenexchange00 Pawtucket, RI USA
• Note 425
  • Avail unit from canada, been here for awhile it seems, maybe 2 years? Boots to OS.
• 350C
  • TPG 10 – These were not sold during the time, maybe high was sold in 2024
    • Hinges have broken off laptop. Comes with charger & seller hasn’t been able to test it… If thats true, then a proper clean through may do the trick, or maybe they tried powering it on to death… Always remove the battery! Ribbon cables for typers avail, some random old parts/manuals.
    • Seller put “old rare” in the title. Legit all u gotta do
      • Otherwise I found Ribbon cables for typers on available listings, and some random old parts/manuals.

Economy Version of the 700 Series
1994 to 1995

From here IBM took a closer watch of their economy series, and based them closer to the flagship 700 design language. Although they both have similar bento box designs, the 7xx models had kept the proprietary 4 pin trapezoid power adapter, while the 3xx models had a coax type end. These plugs are slightly larger than the later 7xx, 600, and T/X/A/R types that we would get later. Additionally, you will find more bells and whistles on the 7xx vs the 3xx models, the 3xx have less CPU power, HDD disk size and lesser displays.

• 2619
  • Low and mid are the only two sold, high is an untested machine. 16MB cards go from $18 to $30, an untested battery $20, hard drives w/ caddy $40 to $95. Era correct chargers are $40. And a port replicator went for $32
    • TPG 10
      • $55 for a charger…. yup!
      • 8MB memory card is $19.
• 355
  • Listed as VERY RARE, but it is in very good condition with the mono screen without major issues, case in good shape other than deteriorating rubber feet any laptop in this era has.
    • TPG 10
      • None avail, old batteries are going for low price and up, for refurbishment…
      • found a thing called xtend battery hypercharger,which is a battery conditioner, interseteing. $30
• 355Cs
  • High Price – Boots to bios & has no HDD error (floppy image), has DSTN yellow dead pixels thing going on.
  • EX+ Price – Excellent condition w/ perfect screen
    • TPG 10
      • Both units in great condition,one unit with vinegar syndrome and untested.
      • 2nd unit ishigh price boots to errors, unknown if HDD is there
• 355C
  • Price is an avail unit with CORRECT shipping price. BEWARE of this linked seller. They are charging nearly $100 for ground advantage (total would be $150 shipped), the cheapest shipping option from USPS. I just calculated shipping., 15 x 13 x 5 inches for 8 pounds is $12, even if i oversized it, 10 pounds, 18 x 15 x 7 its $20 at the retail window. They have a generic fucking description, dont even bother to look at the laptop, which has a broken fucking display. I was weary seeing their 97% feedback, now i see why. Literally wrote about this fucker due to drunken rage.
    • Yesi Electronics Freedom, CA USA
      • TPG 10
        • mid price untested, EX+ does boots into windows and is in good physical condition…
          • 12.1 in Intel Pentium in listing title. X for doubt.
          • Floppy drives seem to go for $60 each. crazy

360 ThinkPad
May 1994 to December 1995

Just like the 760 & 765 but the 360 & 365 units do not have the rising keyboard slide like the 760 & 765 units do. Also I think the 36x series have an extra chip in the motherboard to accept “non smart” batteries, that only worked on 36x machines. Yes you can put a 76x smart battery in here, but not 36x onto a 76x. Whats funny is the 360 came out first, then the 350 a month later, yet the 360 had more models and outlived the 350. IBM is so strange at times.

• 2620 Any
  • HDD w/o caddy is $42, found another Sigma Data HDD, this time its with a nice package with nice styrofoam & a BIOS upgrade diskette… wonder if they got something out there. it sold for $16, one dollar, plus shipping. Insane! not worth it for the seller.
    • Thrift Then Sell – Fredericktown, MO USA
• 360
  • i was gonna post avail listings, but theres a bunch of fucking overpriced shit tops here (ok i am drunk right now) that are ruined by that fucker who wants half a mil for a POS 360P(e)
    • TPG 10
      • on avail listings, I bumped into a “360CX rear cover”, there shouldn’t be a 360CX, but there are a few pages/sellers who have that part listed.
        • I am assuming its just a placeholder for 360C machines, including CSE, CE, CS etc. Because it would just simply be the 360X, but I think IBM just called it the 365 instead… and there would eventually be a 365X
• 360Cs
  • LMAO, CN Vintage wnats $165 for a vinegarette syndrome laptop. No.
  • Theres 3 people asking $1400+, and each fucker is asking $1000 more each time. Unfucking real.
    • TPG9 – Low, Mid prices from last year (2023?).
• 360C
  • Linked the based seller who had two of em 🙂 There’s gonna be a auction ending from an IBM fellow laptop but it’s drive got swapped for a CF card fusion.
    • EAST-RECYCLING
      • TPG 10
        • Exellent unit sold in High price, didnt show up in 360C search but from the general 360.
          • Condition is amazing,seller is extremely detailed, linked them, they sell various antiques, not necessarily electronics or laptops, but for the conciseness, they get a link 🙂
            • DILLY DALLY GOODS – Springfield, OH USA
• 360CE
  • None sold, high is an avail listing
    • TPG 10
      • EX+ is an avail unit from germany, turns on and looks goo. some seller has a lot of parts from a 360CE, probably a gutted unit.
        • TPG9, mid price – Mislisted as a 340
• 360CsE
  • There are three avail units at EX+ price. Only one boots to OS, so guess which one is worth it lol.
    • TPG 10 – Mid, High
      • Wella laptop sold, another avail listed untested for a bit more.
• 360P
  • Low – SUCH A FUCKING STEAL!!!!! A fully working, excellent condition 360P with PC Convertible booklets, was sold WITH afucking Libretto 100CT!!!!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIIIIT, with a BIN of CHEAP $100!!! Bruh
    • home_computer_museum Kharkiv, Ukraine
      • TPG9 High price
        • Wish I wrote notes! oh well
• 360PE
  • Mid price – unit is sold, doesnt boot to OS. i think its untested, EX+ is the notorious one, wont stay anymore.
    • TPG 10
      • high price is justa bottome case w/ mobo.
        • EX+ is that infamous seller asking for stupid price.
          • 8_kentavr_8 – Who cares, USA
          • Nice & Expensive 360PE – ThinkPad Forum Post

Japan’s 300 Series
March 1991 to June 1995

I am changing it up a bit before we go back to the mainstream models.
The “5523-S” is the PS/55 model that IBM USA wanted to import to USA, because it was better than the PS/2 L40 SX via size & form factor. We never got a direct model to the states, the 700, 300 & 500 were all built different, there was no case/mobo that was exactly like the 5523-S.
Looking at the timeline, I do notice there is a model gap from the 5523-S to the 320 from October 1992 to September 1993. Likely the 5523-S (Note N33sx or N23sx) was sold longer than I thought, or there is another model I do not know about. It does coincide when the 300 was made.

• N33SX
  • TPG 10
    • PS/2 Note version sold, not the PS/55, but its linked here for consistency
• PS/55 C23V
  • Nothing here for this or the PS/Note
• 5523 – 320/330 Any
  • N/A
    • TPG 10
      • Same results as the other 5523 machines :/
      • This ThinkPad is GRAY!
• 330Cs
  • High price is a 5523-JBW from Yahoo JP Auctions. Putting down the starting bid price in case I forget 🙂 I’m assuming shipping will be $30
    • TPG 10
      • Nothing at all, linked seller has that cool CD player for $45
        • tinichooch – Endicott, NY USA
• N23 came out in October 1991 and its evolution to the 330Cs was in October 1994. Most models were available for about a year before being discontinued.

34x Japan Economy

The MTM on these machines is 2610, note that the 235 is 2607, z50 WorkPad is 2608, & 240 is 2609, which I think all came out after these. Yeah its odd, but remember, this is IBM which did release the 370 as a direct 755 clone, when they had the 355 being made; and they also had the 310 made right after the 365, then to release the 380 machine & keep producing them at the same time…

• 2610 – 340 & 345 Any
  • I just found out two sellers are the same… or at least 2 account use the same photos… hmmm linked em. both low price
    • mobilegadgetmpls Michigan
    • 8TEN1944
      • TPG 10
        • mid & high price works, other two untested
• 340
  • Low price only sold, high price is working, linked the seller.
    • Minglewood Inc – Arvada, CO USA
      • TPG 10 mid price
        • Untested, good physical condition
          • Apples and More – Renton, WA USA
• 340CSE
  • No notes
    • TPG 10 – Low price
      • Untested, good condition tho
    • TPG9
      • EX+ price, not sure what happned to that listing
• 345Cs
  • Low price is from YahooJP Auctions.
  • Avail listing… for the rarity, i guess it might be worth, idk its a lot of money… it was on TPG V9, so im sure theyll take an offer. $600?
    • TPG 9
      • Unit boots to windows, and is in pretty good condition, asking a lot.
        • teegee0812 – San Francisto, CA USA
• 345C
  • Someone is trying to sell a 4MB DRAM card for $71… you can buy 16MB for $40 max, i think 20 lowest.

365 Series – The cheaper 765 & last of the similarity

I used to own a 365XD and it was a tidy little machine. It did have a “hood” that you can open up like the 765, but its keyboard was not as nice as the broken 755 I had. Note the longer Trackpoint buttons compared to the little ones on the 360.

• 365 / 2625 Any
  • TPG 10
    • Expect low to maybe mid price as untested, high and EX+ should boot to OS.
• 365C
  • TPG 10
    • Untested unit, someone sold a battery for under $90… wait i think they refurb the pack w/ new cells & tested it. Linked seller, they have been linked before 😀
      • nextech*usa – Buffalo, NY USA
• 365Cs
  • TPG 10
    • No avail units, some cheap 3rd party chargers for $18, used OEM for $25
• 365CD
  • TPG 10
    • Description says “dont’ know if it work” & its listed as a 2625 only, I noticed the CD bay, and the MTM was a blurry -B05 in the pic. If it works this is a fun deal to grab!
• 365CSD
  • Low price
    • Absolutely beat to shit omg lol, the screen looks so like fucked idk
      • TPG 10
        • Nothing sold, unless its a charger, which plenty are available to buy (common plug)
• 365E
  • Linked seller pulled everything out of a laptop, lol
    • pc-rath.de-Shop Duisburg, Germany
      • lmao ITS the same laptop…
        • TPG 10
          • Nothing, but one seller seemed to parted out a unit.
            • pc-rath.de-Shop – Duisburg, Germany
• 365ED
  • TPG 10
    • Unit boots up, idk if the base plate was changed, bios boots into IBM ThinkPad 365 but it could just be the whole series. EX+ is an avail unit boots to windows but has the DSTN panel
• 365X
  • Few sellers are asking past high price. Hence why its not sold.
    • TPG 10
      • EX+ a best offer, so I assumed it got knocked down $50. theres 4 avail units, asking EX+ prices, and I guess a lot of server parts have 365X or X365 name. Dream hardware has a lot of expensive parts for sale w/ no pic….
• 365XD
  • I am biased to this model bc i had one in the past
  • All the ones sold are working, and 15 avail listings, lmao well guess which ones people want to buy? basically asking way too much for what it is.
  • I had one of these and probably these are the ones to get before they switched form factor n shit.
  • linked seller is niche, & smol, very smol! they did have 7 sold listings, 6 of which were auctions, so they know what they got & gonna sell it! 🙂
    • RetroMacMan Online Store West Danville, VT USA
      • TPG 10
        • Prices are going up
          • A lot of these are cheap, get this one, unless you specifically want a slimmer floppy 365X. Was on an airplane for about 4 hours, San Diego to Detroit, hella fun 🙂

310 “LaCrosse”… Whut?

These models don’t really sell, none sold on TPG 10 and it looks like TPG 9 had one sold unit. So they aren’t really sought after. Its a strange model TBH, 3 spindle 380 came out soon and the 365 looked just like the 755 with parts compatibility… so this was sold as a cheaper 770? but even then the 600 came out and well, we know that sucess brought the future T/X systems.

When IBM released the 370C back in May 1995, it was suspposed to be a special edition model. Based on the 755 model line, it shares the same MTM and parts, but was an upgrade from the 360CE. Legit it was a special order and inventory was low, really dunno why they did it. However when it came to the numbering system, IBM jumped a few numbers, so the successor to the 365 could not be a 370… as it was an older model. Yet they didnt jump to 375, nor did they jump to 380, despite there being a 380 model coming out later. Anyways, to me it is just a meh machine out of all the 300 series. There’s even a youtube video about the frustration of this thing. Maybe I’ll get one and find out its actually a decent thing, but for now, there’s others to get… if i can afford it. 😡

Also the 315 is not necessarily an upgrade from the 310 unit. It is actually just a retail unit of the 310. That sounds odd, but I believe it was basically a 310 that was geared towards consumers (assuming it was sold in big box stores like Best Buy & Curcuit City) instead of corporate buyers. The software for the 315 is different than the 310, so maybe it was cheaper due to licensing and lesser software. I am just throwing stones at that, but this and the 380 had a 385 retail unit to offer.

• 2600 All
  • TPG 10
    • Both are ED models that are working, EX+ is CIB (Complete in Box)
• 310
  • Avail listting – Untested model
• 310E
  • Mid is a sold unit from TPG 9 – 2023
• 310ED
  • Displays have a sort of discoloration, EX+ has some sort of graphical issue.
    • TPG 10
      • Low price is an avail unit that boots, mid is sold w/o drive and EX+ comes w/ box, floppy drive and win CD.
• 315ED
  • Trackpoint P/N 84G6587

3 Spindle, All In One Laptop – 380

You will find these a dime a dozen! These are a SLUG, I have 3 of them, 380, 380D & 380Z. Yes a Z! Fuck yea. I don’t think much of them, they are NOT the first All In One (3 Spinning Drives) laptop, but for ThinkPads yes. They are really robust, I don’t think there’s much problems on them. Other than something faster, they are a decent in-between for old old laptops and osmething newer.

• 2635
  • TPG 10
    • Avail listings have a lot of server parts, chargers and other parts not 38x.
• 380
  • Both systems are not tested, and have a lot of missing pieces. Sad!
    • TPG 10
      • High is untested, mid could be any model, info isn’t known, just blurry
• 380D
  • Old HMM sold for like $90
    • Mclean-Surplus Falls Church, VA USA
      • TPG 10
        • High is the only auction, 1 bid from canada. Low units are untested, rest boot to bios, I think all don’t come with drives or aren’t tested to see (they didnt get past bios errors)
• 380E
  • Low price boots up, other two are untested
    • TPG 10
      • I did this guide w/o knowing there was a 380E…. kek.
      • EX+ boots to windows, high untested
• 380ED
  • One of the mid price units was broken around the base and hinge bezel, nasty but at least it booted to windows still.
  • Looks like its a good chance you’ll have one with windows working.
    • galleryautomotive2012 Cincinnati, OH USA
      • TPG 10
        • Lot of these, expect them to be untested, but mid price & up boot to windows. EX+ is so high bc it comes with OS/2 Warp
• 380XD
  • TPG 10
    • a lot untested, and those that do boot seem to don’t indicate if it has an HDD, one shown to boot windows, I didn’t investigate all listings…
• 380Z
  • TPG 10
    • Try to get a system that boots to windows, the first listing did, but others are untested or don’t confirm they are working. This is the ultimate 380/5 so ymmv
• 385D
  • TPG 10
    • NOS battery sold for $40, Docking port for $75
• 385CD
  • New search / model added to TPG 11
    • Apparently there was a 385CD, as to why? I don’t know, maybe it was a marketing thing. It has the MTM of 2635-3EU, which is under the 385D specs & has a TFT display.
      • *srolls down to a 2nd 385CD* Lmao there are two of them… how did i not see this before?
• 385ED
  • TPG 10
    • boots to common bios error
• 385XD
  • Only two are at low and mid price, everything else is fucking mid or high
    • TPG 10
      • EX+ is wild… works, it comes w/ bag, port replicator, maual, accessories, drivers & other media. Other than the palmrest sticker showing use, the case is pretty damn immaculate. a very VERY high price for a 3 Series that isn’t a super old unit or one from japan.

390 Multimedia Laptop

This thing is big. Wheras the 600 is “Thin N Lite”, 390 is pretty much where big laptops evolved size wise. It’s more of a “cooler” laptop design compared to the blocky 380. But what plagues these machines is the snapping hinges. I see so many broken hinges and broken bezels or bases. It is the Pre-A Series ThinkPad, but build wise it is not so robust, these things get abused!

• 2626
  • Insane how some old IBM power adapters are asking $50. They used to be $5 to $20 max.
    • TPG 10
      • Most of these seem to be parts units and may not have drives… on the avail, under laptops category it seems that as is starts from $40 to $100 or pay $200+ for it to have windows
• 390
  • TPG 10
    • Eh… gutted unit, doesn’t come with palmrest, keyboard, screen and who knows what else.
• 390E
  • EX+ is an avail listing from germany, but I am not including the $170 shipping price lol. Probably cheaper for other nations 🙂
    • on-fire Bebensee, Germany
      • TPG 10
        • Not sure if any of these have a drive, EX+ from on-wing and idk if it has a drive either.
• 390X
  • 2 sold at low and mid, the other 4 are at high & EX+ lol Linked the EX+ seller, who in the past has many vintage ThinkPads, codex0 changed their name to what it is now 😛
    • Marjorie and Morgan (codex0) – Lemont, PA USA
      • TPG 10
        • all dont have drives? one unit is screenshots of a laptop working, kinda sketchy.

Small Laptops & Minis

OK I’m going to be cheating. There were a few “non laptops” I’m gonna put in here, and its not fair to have the PalmTop when there was the WorkPad as well. These are in chronological order, I’m sure I am missing a few IBM Devices to go along with it, specifically their computer cell phone thing that I forgot what it was. The Simon! Thats in here now 🙂

Pre-ThinkPad & Japan 220/30

I don’t know much info about these things. the 5499 seems to be some sort of terminal for mainframes. The PCradio was a heavy duty laptop that didn’t have a HDD. The 220 & 230 were super small laptops made for Japan that had a trackball!

• 5499
  • Avail unit still from V9
    • Bgitek – Brooklyn, NY USA
• PCRadio
  • Holy shit. The Ukranian collector sold one of these! At mid price fully working! They came with an integrated reciept printer, news to me.
  • The high price unit is from the UK, and the seller states he has the Cellular version. INSANE!
  • Avail listings are nothing, some moron is selling a Radio / Calculator of the shape of a PC for $500.
    • Got into a rabbit hole on the 5110 old ass machines, added them, I’m unsatisfied on how expensive they are. Whatever, I’m not into collecting 60’s to 80’s computers much, probably their average price.
      • Nothing avail 🙁
• 2432
  • TrackBall & Keyboard seem to go for $85 each, I linked the seller, usually they have EX+ units, specialty collector / refurber.
    • cn-vintage Los ALtos, CA USA
• 220
  • None, but a keyboard goes for $ 97 & the trackball for $85, sold both by same seller.
• 230Cs
  • Low is a 1 bid sold auction of a likely unworking unit, its basically the bottom case, mobo, & LCD. Scary!
  • The high price is an avail lot listing of parts sold by the linked seller (who’s had stuff in the past). IDK if its gonna be one working unit when assembled, but it seems to be 3-4 units of parts, minus the trackballs
    • bluefruit75 Milton Keynes, UK
      • None, but a floppy drive is for $68 P/N 84G8499
  • TPG9 – WHY THE FUCK DID I NOT BUY THIS FOR $100?????
    • I dont need it but I fucking want bragging rights for a door stop
      • cn-vintage – Los ALtos, CA USA

“Not a Real ThinkPad”
PalmTop, Chandra, & WorkPad

The PalmTop PC110 needs no introduction! The 235 if probably the most widespread East Asia mini 200 you can find. The WorkPad z50 is an interesting lightweight ThinkPad that uses an NEC MIPS CPU running Winedows CE. These are “not ThinkPads”, though arguably the PC110 might have been a late released 200, the 235 was an IBM branded machine from a partnership, and well the z50 was a small notebook that was a part of the WorkPad PDA side of IBM.

• PC110 Parts
  • TPG 10
    • The PCMCIA Canon Camera card sold for $160
    • A TFT upgrade lcd kit sold for $430
• PC110
  • low and high are sold/ an avail listing is high price, but imma not have it here 😛 not worth untested.
  • Prices seem to be about the same, notably there is no wild EX+ price since TPG 10
    • TPG 10
      • Compared to TPG9, prices doubled to quadruple! Highly Demanded!
      • EX+ came with the original box and equipment. Def worth it.
        • cshaxu36 – Menlo Park, CA USA
• 235
  • Low price is sold from YahooJP auctions
  • High price is an asking price from Japan
    • TPG 10
      • None avail, untested keyboard for $57
    • TPG9 had a few sales, linked the seller who changed their name from Hijemi
      • Vintage Computer and Camera Store – Hyogo, Japan
• 235 Clones
  • Japan – Hitachi Prius Note
  • USA – Ricoh Magio
  • UK – Opti Talisman
• WorkPad z50
  • bluefruit sold one, um other is idk, and idc 🙂 (low and mid)
    • TPG 10 high and EX+ prices
      • EX+ is an avail listing that is complete in box. the other three have sold.

240 – A Mini Near Perfection

I believe this is the only 200 Series ThinkPad that was available for sale in the USA. Extremely small but not comprimised like other iterations. The price of smaller LCDs had gone down & the miniturzation of the CCFL inverter made bigger screens available in small form factors. Hence the success of this machine cememented that there was demand for a small ThinkPad, and so the X Series would be the successor of the 240…

• 2609
  • a lot of broken laptops exept the EX+
    • Linked seller seems to be a cool collector, less than 10 avail listings.
      • doc_webster Minneapolis, MN USA
• 240
  • OK… everything is broken, it thouslnt be… glad i got my working 240X for $50, and I thought it was pricey at that time.
    • TPG10
      • Some of these don’t show a charger, so maybe they are working.
        • TekserveINC – Raleigh, NC USA
• 240X
  • Low price is a fucking shell… fuck CN vintage lol overpriced for it.
  • Mid price is an untested unit.
• 240Z
  • Its just a broken mobo thats screwed on to the bottom chassis, nothing else
    • TPG 10
      • A keyboard sold for $76, no avail listings, some ram, chargers and an LCD cable (seller linked)
        • Parts and Upgrades – Irvine, CA USA
• i1124
  • TPG 10
    • Avail listing, unit boots to Windows in Japanese, and it comes with palmrest sticker. Oh and its GRAY!!!!
    • Honestly this is an enticing grab, but I cannot afford it 😡
      • cn-vintage – Los Altos, CA USA

Ultraportables

MOST of these were sold in the United States, but some were Japan / East Asia markets.

500 Series

The 500 series was one of the smallest machines you can get from IBM at the time. Similar to the PS/Note series but not limiting itself to CPU power, the 500 was for those who wanted ultra portability without comprimise. IBM saw the success of Canon’s NoteJet and figured they could brand a ThinkPad model onto it. The 550 Bubble Jet is not necessarily a 500 UltraPortable, but needed to be somewhere in the TP Family. I assume it was named the 550 to keep brand model naming integrity alongside the 750 and 350 being released at the same time.

• 2603
  • PSU P/N 59G7988
• 500
  • Linked seller sold it at mid price, not something they normally get compared to what they sell.
    • Tech Deals Warehouse Maryland Heights, MO USA
      • High price untested, EX+ boots to bios, unknown if it boots to OS due to common bios error code stoppage. That one has the common broken left hinge.
• Canon NoteJet
  • PRICES ARE FUCKING RIDICULOUS!
  • Max price on TPG 10 was asking $226! Now they’ve gone up to $1000!
    • No thinkPads, just Canons avial.
    • Low price is what i paid for a local sale, and it was wokring.
    • EX+ is the only one that boots. ok mine doesnt have a working printer 🙂 but thats another story.
    • Mid is a NoteJet BN120C S11763 w/ broken rear hinges.
    • High is a NoteJet 486 BN22-US135.
    • EX+ is a NoteJet II 486C BN32P w/ TrackPoint that turns on to BIOS.
• 550BJ
  • Untested unit with Vinegar syndrome, has the sticky palmrest, pics hard to decypher its conidition but it looks ok, with some slight cracks
    • bluefruit75 – Milton Keynes, UK
      • They specialize in this era of laptops 🙂
• 555BJ
  • Nothing avail, just other IBM equipment & parts

Japan / East Asia Models

Super small and compact, but not as small as the 220 or 230. These were sold about a year before the next model discontinued them.

• 510CS
  • Sad day to be a 510 fan
    • TPG10 – Nothing, just other parts and a few AC adapter replacements.
    • TPG9 High Price- Avail unit with a lot of floppies, batteries and other items. Screen looks great despite being STN or whatever it woudl be.
    • Found a new term, “Survivor“. Like that instead of Vintage or retro.
• 530Cs
  • No dice
  • There was Intel and AMD powered units
• 530D
  • I am under the implication there was a CD model, I wonder if it was a 5.25″ bay
  • This might be AMD only
• 535
  • I just found out who this seller is, now I need to find their face….
  • Mid is sold, High is their avail listing.
    • bluefruit75 Milton Keynes, UK
      • TPG 10
        • Avail unit boots up and looks in good condition.
          • cn-vintage – Los ALtos, CA USA
• 535K
  • I can’t find info on this other than that Japan Lineage graph
• 535M
  • Not the BMW, but I don’t know what M would stand for.
  • Mobile? Phone?

Kinzie 3 – 560

This was the next ultraportable model since the release of the 550BJ, years after the 500 was discontinued in January 1995. From May 1996 to June 1999 the 560 was sold, with most models lasting a year before the next upgrade came by.

• 2640
  • TPG10
    • 6 boot to windows, 2 boot up, one posts others seem to not be tested.
      • TPG9 – $33 for Port replicator, 95 for enhanced version.
• 560
  • TPG 10
    • 2 units untested, high boots to disk error, sold without chargers. Linked seller (and funny name bc it didnt come with charger), they got a lot of laptops for sale & misc eWaste.
    • EX+ is an avail listed with a lot ofdead pixels & discoloration.
      • PCPowerSupplies – Las Vegas, NV USA
• 560E
  • TPG10
    • there are a few avail units, high and EX+ booted to OS, Mid had bios error, and low price is an avail unit w/ Vinegar syndrome untested.
      • Zdad Traders – Exeter, NH USA
        • Another precise seller, knows what they got!
• 560X
  • I linked a very pricey german seller, but fwiw they have a few of these in good condition w/ an SSD mod, but the cheapest one missing a battery.
  • IDK if I would drop a thousand bucks for their priciest one.
    • Speedhelp Shop Numberg, Germany
      • TPG 10
        • A few avail units, working ones asking a ludacris price. mid and EX+ boot to OS, low boots to bios. all in good condition.
• 560Z
  • EX+ is an avail listing, low, mid high from TPG10 sold i think
    • Linked seller had one i think, or a few parts
      • robflores701 Leuville sur Orge, France

570 Series “SawZaw”
1st UltraBase ThinkPad

• 2644
  • There is an avail unit for sale by the linked seller. They got old and newer computers.
    • Ecotronix Commodities Carol Stream, IL USA
  • EX+ is an avail listing, documenting how high they can go.
    • There was someone asking $969 on TPG 10
• 570
  • Low is the sold unit, mid is an avail listing, linked to seller, no HDD it seems
    • southbridge electronics Santee, CA USA
      • TPG 10
        • EX+ is an avail unit, it comes with the upgraded 13.3″ XGA display which has extremely small bezels!
        • I thought these only came with a brightness slider, so I guess the 13.3″ machines had the FN brightness keys
• 570E
  • Mid turns on, high is fully working by an enthusiast it seems. Linked a small seller for the low 570 sold.
    • TechRec Recycling Tempe, AZ USA
      • TPG 10 mid price
        • Boots to Win 2K JP, comes with ultrabase dock & has japanese keyboard, UK seller w/ UK shipping costs to usa.
          • bluefruit75 – Milton Keynes, UK
• LG 570
  • Linked another seller for the eff of it, 570 again.
    • Kalis Computers And More Vallejo, CA USA
      • TPG 9 mid
        • There was an avail unit for $180, it must have sold when I fucking was a POS AFKer and didnt update 3 times a year… anyways an ultrabase is $40 any of these machines.

iSeries

• iSeries Any
  • Note, I have to look at every photo to see which iSeries it is based on the MTM. I only know of this from TWIbook PSREF.
  • Mid price should be a working unit with good screen and exterior
• 2627
  • From a broken listing lot of 3, one of which is a 390 & NEC pos. Unit has a severed LCD bezel, hanging by the LCD cable so thats probably fucked too.
• 1161 Series
  • First one I’ve seen that boots to Windows XP, hinge covers are broken.
    • I linked the seller, they got a bunch of things.
      • CSDC Computer Service Great Falls, VA USA
• 1171
  • low is an unknown model, blurry photo, untested no battery.
  • Mid price might be a i1300 or 130 idk, MTM is scrubbed off, boots to WinME.
  • High boots to BIOS w/ a Cel 700 MHz, seller linked 🙂
    • Jeremiah’s Computer Store LLC Rochester, NY USA
  • i1300
    • Low price booted to bios *we dont see image*, has a Pentium III 650MHz but no drive, comes with battery.
      • Linked seller has newer computers, some Thonks
        • Gotta Go!!! ???, USA
• 2611
  • i1410
    • Low is Untested but in great exterior shape, same goes with mid…
      • linked seller sold two at mid price, and actually has a lot of laptops for sale, older and newer.
        • Thrift Then Sell Fredericktown, MO USA
  • i1451
    • Low is 17 bids, system untested it seems, but comes with 4GB drive. mid is BIN untested, with a funny Core 2 Duo sticker.
• This thing is essentually a fucked up 390 that can play music CDs when its “off”. Which is neat feature some laptops had at that time.

1994 Simon & WorkPad PDA

The IBM Simon was the first “smartphone” made in 1994. It was essentially a PDA built within a CellPhone with the help of BellSouth. It has a old touch screen, similar to the 700T, in some images there’s a green/yellowing of the display, in this one, its mostly white. i wonder if there was a 2nd LCD supplier. The WorkPad was produced by Palm Inc / US Robotics / 3 Comm or whatever, I’m not digging any deeper.

• IBM Simon
  • This is nicknamed the first smart phone, I am surprised on how expensive it goes for
    • $200 for a charger lol, $260 for a 1MB Memory Card (06H2936).
    • Low and mid look to be untested,
    • high is tested,
      • 8 of these units sold are from the linked seller, and 6 of them are boxed. What a fucking gold mine, they have 2 units avail at this time of inputting.
        • dragonnflyyz Castle Rock, CO USA
• IBM WorkPad
  • 2 Z50 mini laptops are not included.
• -10U
  • Linked seller has some interesting things, small inventory.
    • Nomadic Deals Direct Fuquay Varina, NC USA
• C3
  • Looks to be brand new, sealed in box. Seller linked, tho they mostly sell software/peripherals & other things, only a few laptops
    • SavageSalvage Clarksville, TN USA