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On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 23:22:55 +0200, Dale Chao wrote: >At 05:22 PM 7/20/97 -0700, behildre wrote: >>I found the multiport on the IBM website.....the price is 491 bucks....are >>they for real? all I want is the skinny little thing that goes on the back >>of my 701 so I can print and use an accessory or two. >> >>any other places to check out? >> >> >$491! Yikes! Did you know that the little port under the rubber cover on >the left side is for both a floppy drive doubles as a parallel port as >well? You'd need to get the cord that came with the machine. Hopefully it >wouldn't be so much. You can pick up a serial pcmcia card for as little as >$80. The other ports on the multi-port are duplicates of the power input, >line in/out duplicates, as well as a vga out and pair of mouse and keyboard >ports for external versions. > >So it seems to me you can most of the functionality for something less than >buying the plastic piece from IBM. > You might as well go out and buy a Dock 2 and 701 adapter. It's probably cheaper than the Multiport 2 when also compared to expansion capabilities. Paul Regards, Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net