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Re: Docking for 750P
> I'd really like to get a Dock for my 750P to add a CD, etc. However, I
> haven't seen any in shops around here. Can anyone recommend a mail-order
> or Net vendor where I might get information about these and/or prices?
>
> I've seen both Dock I and II recommended, are there any differences in
> compatibility with my 750P?
I've used both a Dock I and II with my 750P. No real compatibility
differences, although the Dock II doesn't support support warm or hot
docking with the 750 machines (it does with 360, 755 and 760s). The
Dock I doesn't support warm/hot docking at all.
The Dock II is quite a bit bigger and has a standard half-height IDE drive
bay, plus two ISA slots. The Dock I has only a 1" high bay which requires
the purchase of extra stuff from IBM to be useful. The Dock II has a much
better built-in SCSI subsystem. The Dock I has a non-standard SCSI
connector for connecting external devices.
Both have been out of production for a while; I don't happen to know
of any places off hand that are still advertising either unit. Recent
prices I've seen are $30-120 for a Dock I, $200-$350 for a Dock II,
but that may be a little out of date.
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Tim Tyhurst tim@excelsior.com