re: Dock 2 description?

["Joe.Bormel" <joe.bormel@palmtop.com>]

>>I'd be interested in hearing a description of the Dock II.  I'm trying to
>>decide how best to provide for a CD ROM for my impending thinkpad, and am
>>wondering whether a dockII would be a better route, in the long run, than
>>a PCMCIA SCSI + CD ROM drive.  (I suspect, from a recent message, that the
>>dock II would initially be more expensive, but i presume it would offer
>>more extensibility...)
>>
))ken manheimer  klm@cnri.reston.va.us    (703) 620-8990 x259

Hi Ken,
    I've had a Dock 2 for a couple of months.
    I'm using the built in CD-ROM drive and external SCSI
to get to a SyQuest drive.  It can support an IDE drive as
a slave using the thinkpad internal control logic.
    It's nice docking the machine because of the built-in
power supply, dedicated attachments (thru keyboard and mouse ports),
and build in speakers.
    I like having the ability to add a cheap IDE disk and cards.
    Not worth it if you only want a CD-ROM attachment.
Joe
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