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Models


Known InterJet models. Two broad familiies - first-gen InterJet (five models), and the IBM-branded InterJet II (five or six models).

InterJet

(The first generation had no other name -- we sometimes use "InterJet I" or "first-gen InterJet" to disambiguate)

Model 100 120 130** 140 200
Processor Cyrix DX4 Cyrix DX4   Cyrix DX4 Cyrix DX4
RAM 8MB EDO 16MB EDO 16MB 16MB EDO 16MB
Modem USR 33.6 USR 33.6 USR 33.6 USR 33.6 USR 33.6
ISDN       Digi DataFire-U TA***  
Sound SoundBlaster 2.1* SoundBlaster 2.1*   SoundBlaster 2.1* SoundBlaster 2.1*
Internal Net 4-port 4-port 4-port 1-port 1-port
Peripheral Net No No No 1-port 1-port
Hard Drive 1GB (Quantum Fireball TM1080A, 1039MB) 2GB (Quantum Fireball ST2.1A, 2014MB)   3GB 2GB (Quantum Fireball ST2.1A, 2014MB)
Factory Partitions   / 145MB, /var 49MB, /data 1.5GB      
Motherboard type I type I type II** type I type I
Async Port No No No No Yes
UPS Battery Panasonic LC-R121R3PU, 12V 1.3Ah Panasonic LC-R121R3PU, 12V 1.3Ah   Panasonic LC-R121R3PU, 12V 1.3Ah Panasonic LC-R121R3PU, 12V 1.3Ah
MSRP $1,995 $2,695 n/a $2,995 $3,495

* On the mainboard, not a card: an ESS ES488F that answers as a SoundBlaster (DSP 2.01) at 0x220, irq 7, drq 1. Every InterJet 120 and 200 examined here has one.

** Whistle also made a model 130, but apparently never went into production with it(?). WhistleWare's kernel names the board at boot, Detected version N InterJet motherboard: version 1 in every InterJet I boot log here, version 3 on an InterJet II (4.1.4). Version 2 is what the kernel reports for a different Super I/O chip, presumably the 130's "type II"; no boot log shows it.

*** From Computer Magic's 140 sheet, the only source: "Digi DataFire-U ISDN Terminal Adaptor (modem)". The -U suggests the North American U interface; Digi's DataFire ISA1U (P/N 50000281) is a U card with an MC145572, a transceiver WhistleWare's driver recognizes. In the Netherlands, where KPN sold the 140 with ISDN, lines are S/T, and a Dutch InterJet 200 has the S/T version, a Digi DataFire ISA1ST. See ISDN.

Sources: RAM type, drive models, partitions, ISDN and sound come from Computer Magic's 2001 quick-reference sheets; the 120 and 200 drives were also read from known units, whose Quantums appear to be factory. The UPS battery is the cell found in the units when first opened, under the maker's explosion caution, one etched 980310; the sheets name a PowerSonic PS-1212 (12V 1.2Ah), most likely Computer Magic's replacement. The 100 and 120 sheets also list a second network card; both models have only one, the four-port hub.

InterJet II

Model 2200 2200a 2220 2230 2250 2300
Processor Cyrix MediaGX, 233 MHz  ?  ?  ?  ? Cyrix MediaGX 486
RAM 32MB  ?  ?  ?  ? 32MB
Modem 56K?  ? 56K 56K 56K 56K Internal
ISDN Modem Yes: Siemens IPAC-SU, ISDN-U jack  ? Yes, ISDN-U Yes, ISDN-U Yes, ISDN-U Yes
Internal Net 10/100, Intel 82558  ?  ?  ?  ? 10/100
Peripheral Net 10/100, Intel 82558  ?  ?  ?  ? 10/100
Hard Drive UDMA33. Whistle's manual says 10.2GB; its 2001 product spec, 6.4GB  ?  ?  ?  ? 6.4GB UDMA (system claims 9787MB)
Async Port Yes, DB9 (also frame relay?  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes

Sources: 2200: Royce's unit. 2220, 2230, 2250: listed with the 2200 in Whistle's 1999 FCC Part 68 registrations, which give all four a 56K modem and ISDN-U.
2300: Computer Magic's IBM sample unit (not listed in FCC registrations)
WhistleWare 4.x reports an InterJet II as motherboard version 3 (boot log).
Labels on the bottom of the 2200 are prefixed with "IJ", so labels might have been IJ2200, IJ2220, IJ2230, IJ2250, IJ2300 in the wild.


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