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> The TP docking station is $900 and their CD-ROM is $600. This is > outrageous. I agree. Did you ask about the hard drive for more outrage? :) > For about the same price, one could get a 486 box on an ethernet running > peer-to-peer networking with a PCMCIA ethernet card. There would be Very true, but I would opt for a portable CD-ROM with a Trantor SCSI cable that I could connect onto any of my machines and a 386 box for about $600 used, and all networked together all for less. > Another alternative is a PCMCIA SCSI interface to an external CD-ROM for > something like a third of the price of the docking station CD-ROM combo. One major problem with SCSI PCMCIA is the lack of drivers and general support, especially under OS/2. OTOH, the Trantor EPP SCSI cable will give you full SCSI access at very fast speeds and is useable on any system > While on the subject of penny pinching, the FAQ I downloaded mentioned the > possibility of putting a third-party hard disk in the TP750. Does anybody > have more information on this? I haven't yet or it'd be in the FAQ. I hope anyone that has found anything out will come forth and let us know! Sean (Poor SOB)