What is Rambo II in a Thinkpad T42? and M10GL-128

[HoMeZ]

I was looking at this laptop:

T42p 1.8GHZ 1GB 60GB RAMBOII XP HARVARD UNIV. VST

IBM '2373H16'

the optical drive on this is a Rambo II. Does anyone know what that is?

And does anyone know how the Graphics Controller M10GL-128 compares to the Mobility Radeon 9700.

 

[xcrunner51]

the M10GL-128 (FireGL2) is based off the Mobility 9600 128. I hear it uses more power than the regular mobility. Its a workstation card. It should perform within 10% of the 9700.

 

[Yomicron]

I've never heard of the 'Rambo II' drive, but the 2373-H16 has a DVD-RW drive.

 

[WackyDan]

Rambo Drive??? Sounds like a typo...

IBM has "Combo drives" which are DVD-roms/CD-RW's. I do think they have a "Combo II" drive..... Not sure.

They also have "multi-burners" which are DVD burners/CD-RW's. They read all formats but only burn -R -RW and Ram.

 

[wifi4lyfe]

i've seen this RAMBO (RAMBO II) drive on IBM website when I was looking at T42s. I asked a buncha people and nobody knows for sure, but its a DVD-RW drive....

 

[aakerman]

firegl t2 = radeon 9600

 

[Yomicron]

After some googling, the 'Rambo II' is the name of a Panasonic DVD burner. There doesn't appear to be a slim version named Rambo, so IBM may have listed the wrong name.

 

[MDE]

Call IBM or shoot them an email.

 

[WackyDan]

could be the marketing code name for the drive. or they are oem'ing the panasonic....

 

[HoMeZ]

thanks for all the answers I guess it's just a combo drive

 

[HoMeZ]

Originally posted by: xcrunner51
the M10GL-128 (FireGL2) is based off the Mobility 9600 128. I hear it uses more power than the regular mobility. Its a workstation card. It should perform within 10% of the 9700.

If it uses more power then does that mean it lasts for a short amt of time on battery?

 

[wifi4lyfe]

yea the FireGL gets about 15min less battery life I hear.