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Roger Mills
Flightless Bird
About 10 years ago, before I retired, I was supplied with a works laptop
plus docking station - the laptop was a Toshiba Tecra something or other -
running Win95 in those days!
The docking station effectively converted the laptop into a desktop machine,
having ports for monitor, keyboard, mouse, power supply, network, etc. -
which remained permanently connected, and the laptop had a multi-pin
connector - with all necessary connections on it - to connect it to the
docking station. It was thus a 5 second job to un-dock the laptop to take it
home at night, and to re-dock it the next morning.
Are such devices still available and, if so, can anyone point me at a make
and model of laptop which supports this? I want a laptop which I can use -
effectively as a desktop machine - at either of two locations, with as
little setting up as possible. I'm happy to duplicate things like external
monitors, speakers, printers, scanners, keyboards, mice, power supplies etc.
I'm aware that *some* of this could potentially be achieved using USB hubs -
with various peripherals being left plugged into a hub when the laptop is
not present - but that wouldn't cover things like monitors, power supplies,
PS2-type keyboards and mice (if anyone uses those these days - I certainly
do on my existing computers!)
Any relevant information will be greatly appreciated.
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Cheers,
Roger
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plus docking station - the laptop was a Toshiba Tecra something or other -
running Win95 in those days!
The docking station effectively converted the laptop into a desktop machine,
having ports for monitor, keyboard, mouse, power supply, network, etc. -
which remained permanently connected, and the laptop had a multi-pin
connector - with all necessary connections on it - to connect it to the
docking station. It was thus a 5 second job to un-dock the laptop to take it
home at night, and to re-dock it the next morning.
Are such devices still available and, if so, can anyone point me at a make
and model of laptop which supports this? I want a laptop which I can use -
effectively as a desktop machine - at either of two locations, with as
little setting up as possible. I'm happy to duplicate things like external
monitors, speakers, printers, scanners, keyboards, mice, power supplies etc.
I'm aware that *some* of this could potentially be achieved using USB hubs -
with various peripherals being left plugged into a hub when the laptop is
not present - but that wouldn't cover things like monitors, power supplies,
PS2-type keyboards and mice (if anyone uses those these days - I certainly
do on my existing computers!)
Any relevant information will be greatly appreciated.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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