<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
701	I-Device
is	O
a	O
subnotebook	B-Device
series	O
from	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
line	O
by	O
IBM	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
701C	B-Device
and	O
701Cs	B-Device
models	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
486	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
701	O
is	O
colloquially	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Butterfly	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
sliding	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
John	O
Karidis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
701	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
sold	O
laptop	B-Device
in	O
1995	O
and	O
has	O
received	O
27	O
design	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
701	O
was	O
discontinued	O
because	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
design	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
necessity	O
after	O
screen	O
sizes	O
increased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
was	O
first	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
photocopy	O
of	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
in	O
spring	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
notebook	B-Device
was	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1993	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
planned	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
process	O
was	O
delayed	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
486	I-General_Concept
instead	O
of	O
the	O
faster	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	B-Device
was	O
designed	O
by	O
with	O
John	O
Karidis	O
,	O
Sam	O
Lucente	O
and	O
Robert	O
Tennant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Sapper	O
has	O
been	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
overall	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
subnotebook	B-Device
series	O
like	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
500	I-Device
,	O
but	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
attach	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
to	O
this	O
model	O
due	O
to	O
bad	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
500	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
IBM	O
received	O
a	O
legal	O
threat	O
about	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
butterfly	O
"	O
by	O
someone	O
known	O
only	O
as	O
George	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
violated	O
their	O
company	O
's	O
trademark	O
on	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
product	O
named	O
Butterfly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subnotebook	B-Device
series	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
different	O
variations	O
,	O
with	O
either	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
DX2	I-Device
or	O
Intel	B-Device
DX4	I-Device
,	O
LCD	B-Device
with	O
dual	B-Application
scan	I-Application
or	O
TFT	B-Device
active	I-Device
matrix	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
all	O
contained	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	B-Architecture
chips	O
and	O
preinstalled	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
DX4	B-Device
versions	O
which	O
were	O
dual	O
booted	O
with	O
IBM	O
OS/2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
AT	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
and	O
could	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
a	O
Dock	O
II	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
701Cs	B-Device
701C	B-Device
Display	B-Device
VGA	B-Protocol
color	O
640x480	O
,	O
dual	B-Application
scan	I-Application
,	O
10.4	O
"	O
,	O
65k	O
colors	O
,	O
20:1	O
contrast	O
VGA	B-Protocol
color	O
,	O
640x480	O
,	O
TFT	B-Device
active	I-Device
matrix	I-Device
,	O
65k	O
colors	O
,	O
100:1	O
contrastCPU	O
Intel	B-Device
DX2	I-Device
50/25	O
MHzIntel	O
DX4	B-Device
75/25	O
MHzIntel	O
DX2	O
50/25	O
MHzIntel	O
DX4	B-Device
75/25	O
MHz	O
HDD	B-Device
360	O
MB	O
540	O
MB	O
360	O
MB	O
540	O
MB	O
720	O
MB	O
360	O
MB	O
540	O
MB	O
360	O
MB	O
540	O
MB	O
720	O
MB	O
Retail	O
price	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
CT-65545	O
,	O
1MB	O
DRAM	O
by	O
Chips	O
and	O
Technologies	O
on	O
VL-Bus	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
TrackWrite	B-Device
,	O
but	O
commonly	O
known	O
and	O
code-named	O
as	O
the	O
butterfly	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
foldout	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
keyboard	B-Device
designed	O
by	O
John	O
Karidis	O
for	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
the	O
701	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
both	O
compact	O
(	O
when	O
closed	O
)	O
and	O
comfortable	O
to	O
use	O
(	O
when	O
open	O
)	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
just	O
24.6	O
cm	O
(	O
9.7	O
in	O
)	O
wide	O
with	O
a	O
26.4	O
cm	O
(	O
10.4	O
in	O
)	O
VGA	B-Protocol
LCD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
butterfly	O
keyboard	B-Device
is	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
roughly	O
triangular	O
pieces	O
that	O
slide	O
as	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
's	O
lid	O
is	O
opened	O
or	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
halves	O
mesh	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
29.2	O
cm	O
(	O
11.5	O
in	O
)	O
wide	O
which	O
overhangs	O
the	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
lid	O
is	O
closed	O
one	O
piece	O
slides	O
back	O
,	O
then	O
both	O
slide	O
inward	O
until	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
can	O
be	O
covered	O
by	O
the	O
lid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
movement	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
is	O
driven	O
by	O
a	O
cam	O
on	O
the	O
lid	O
's	O
hinge	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
motions	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
parts	O
are	O
always	O
synchronized	O
with	O
the	O
movement	O
of	O
the	O
lid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1995	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
701C	B-Device
by	O
InfoWorld	O
the	O
full-sized	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
large	O
matrix	O
screen	O
and	O
built-in	O
multimedia	O
features	O
were	O
positively	O
noted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
701	I-Device
has	O
received	O
27	O
design	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
Good	O
Design	O
Award	O
"	O
from	O
CES	O
Innovation	O
and	O
"	O
1995	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
subnotebook	B-Device
category	O
from	O
InfoWorld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
701C	B-Device
was	O
the	O
top	O
selling	O
laptop	B-Device
of	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walt	O
Mossberg	O
considered	O
it	O
the	O
most	O
unusual	O
and	O
clever	O
laptop	B-Device
he	O
ever	O
reviewed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
laptop	B-Device
is	O
still	O
popular	O
with	O
collectors	O
,	O
26	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
John	O
Karidis	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
700	I-Device
succeeded	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
large	O
screen	O
size	O
and	O
full-sized	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
while	O
other	O
companies	O
cramped	O
their	O
keyboards	B-Device
and	O
failed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karidis	O
observed	O
that	O
the	O
limiting	O
factor	O
in	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
size	O
was	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
width	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
keyboard	B-Device
surface	O
were	O
equal	O
with	O
different	O
aspect	O
ratios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
laptop	B-Device
is	O
being	O
displayed	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
collection	O
of	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Modern	O
Art	O
in	O
Manhattan	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
Die	O
Neue	O
Sammlung	O
in	O
Munich	O
,	O
Germany	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
Computer	O
History	O
Museum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
701	I-Device
was	O
briefly	O
shown	O
in	O
1995	O
James	O
Bond	O
film	O
GoldenEye	B-Application
,	O
Blood	O
Diamond	O
and	O
Mission	O
:	O
Impossible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
newer	O
laptop	B-Device
models	O
containing	O
larger	O
screens	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
could	O
contain	O
a	O
full	O
sized	O
keyboard	B-Device
without	O
a	O
folding	O
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
companies	O
were	O
also	O
moving	O
to	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
701	O
,	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
760	I-Device
was	O
released	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	B-General_Concept
Intel	I-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
ZDNet	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
IBM	O
Design	O
Center	O
was	O
experimenting	O
with	O
new	O
laptop	B-Device
models	O
that	O
included	O
a	O
butterfly	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Lenovo	O
has	O
filed	O
a	O
patent	O
for	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
that	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
701	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
by	O
Hackaday	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
desolder	O
the	O
original	O
Intel	B-Device
DX4	I-Device
and	O
replace	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
faster	O
Am5x86	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2023	O
,	O
hacker	O
Karl	O
Buchka	O
retrofitted	O
the	O
mainboard	O
of	O
the	O
Framework	O
Laptop	B-Device
into	O
the	O
701	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	B-Device
is	O
controlled	O
using	O
the	O
QMK	O
firmware	O
on	O
a	O
Teensy	O
.	O
</s>
