NetVista is an umbrella name for a variety of products manufactured by

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Software suite

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, and the client software on

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and

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. Meant to provide Internet access to

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users, it included such things as a

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and other internet utilities, including a TCP/IP stack. Starting with version 1.1, the server side was also supported on

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. The software suite was withdrawn without replacement in January 2000. Products: * NetVista V1.0 * NetVista V1.1 * NetVista V2.0

Network station

In April 2000, the IBM Network Station product line was renamed to IBM NetVista, as were the associated

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. The NetVista computers were

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systems. The line was withdrawn in April 2002 with no replacement. Hardware products: * NetVista N2200 (

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at 233 MHz, 32-288 MB RAM,

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, Audio I/O) * NetVista N2200e * NetVista N2200i * NetVista N2200w * NetVista N2800 * NetVista N2800e * NetVista N70 Software products: * NetVista Thin Client Manager V2R1

Kiosk

Hardware products: * NetVista Kiosk Model 120 * NetVista Kiosk Model 150

Appliance

This appliance is meant to allow internet access on a TV. It was not sold directly to end-users, but rather as an OEM product to internet providers. Hardware products: * NetVista Internet Appliance i30

Personal computer

The IBM NetVista personal computer was the follow-on to the

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. It was announced in May 2000 along the

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T and A series. The line was withdrawn in May 2004 and was replaced by the

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Earlier NetVista models were initially offered in the typical white/beige cases of the 1990s as with the previous

and the

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. The later NetVista models would be sold in the long-running black cases later on in 2001, starting with the NetVista A21 models and then spreading out into other models in later years. These black case designs were inherited by its successor, the ThinkCentre. Products: * A Series ** IBM NetVista A10 ** IBM NetVista A20 (

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) ** IBM NetVista A20i (

) ** IBM NetVista A21 (

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) ** IBM NetVista A21i (

) ** IBM NetVista A22 (

) ** IBM NetVista A22p (

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) ** IBM NetVista A30 (

) ** IBM NetVista A30p (

) ** IBM NetVista A40 (

) ** IBM NetVista A40i (

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) ** IBM NetVista A40p (

) ** IBM NetVista A60 (

) ** IBM NetVista A60i (

) * M Series (Manageability) ** IBM NetVista M41 ** IBM NetVista M42 * S Series ** IBM NetVista S40 ** IBM NetVista S40p ** IBM NetVista S42 * X Series ( all-in-one) ** IBM NetVista X40 ** IBM NetVista X40i ** IBM NetVista X41 - designed by

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Timeline

References

External links

* tp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitute/psref/nvwbook.pdf NetVista Personal Systems Reference Guide * * * {{IBM NetVista NetVista Computer-related introductions in 1996 Computer-related introductions in 2000 Products and services discontinued in 2004 Business desktop computers