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On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:54:42 -0400 (EDT), Tim Tyhurst wrote: >> 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but that may be a little out of date. > I wonder if the Dock II systems will ever get down to < $30, like how 5160 XTs and 5150 PCs got down that low after a few years (but I don't want to wait 10 years, though). Paul