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Date:      Tue, 13 May 1997 23:15:05 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
Cc:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM 560?
Message-ID:  <199705140515.XAA25125@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970513184254.31379E-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
References:  <199705140125.KAA19595@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970513184254.31379E-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>

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> >>  * Has anyone ever configured a Laptop with the port replicator to work
> >>    with the display?  
> >
> >Not sure I know what you're on about here; I'm not familiar with the 560.
> 
> A port replicator as I understand it is a gizmo that you have sitting on
> your desk that you plug your monitor, keyboard and mouse into.  Then when
> you walk in with your laptop (be it the IBM 560 or something else) you
> just plug it into this gizmo and viola, you've got a full desktop sorta
> look and feel.  It's similar I think to the docking stations that Macs
> use.

Yep, but it's a simple electrical device (as I told you on the phone).
Nothing special about getting it working, as opposed to a docking
station which sometimes has additional hardware.


Nate



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