Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:07:09 +1000 (EST) From: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy) Subject: Re: TP560 Port Replicator Message-ID: <199709270107.LAA05563@polya.blah.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970926150450.12470B-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from "Brian N. Handy" at "Sep 26, 97 03:13:42 pm"
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> The port replicator is pretty cool, but awful simple for the $250US you > fork out for it. All it amounts to is a attachement gizmo that provides a > clone of the back of the thinkpad -- cosmetically it's almost the same > thing. So, you plug a mouse, keyboard and monitor into it and then just > drop the laptop on it at will and viola, everything's there. Some rumours > I've heard in the past is that there's a SCSI connector built into it and > other stuff -- nope, nothing like that. You get nothing for Free here! > You still have to plug in all the PCMCIA stuff that you want to use. The port replicators don't do this. What you want is the Selecta-Dock I/II, which contains 1 or 2 PCI slots, a SCSI controller, and a drive bay or two, I think. Oh, and they do port replication too. However, these are awfully expensive - all up almost $1k US, which is like enough to build a second machine and do everything over ether. Ada
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