somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 2/1/02 8:35 PM, the entity known
as Jack Corcoran transmitted the following from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> I checked the adapter on eBay that Eric mentioned but
> found it had 30 pins on the dock end and I need
> something with 20. The mini-Dock has only two ports.
> One is ADB for the keyboard and the other works with
> the floppy drive.  I assumed (never assume) that the
> CD-ROM would work off that port. Looks like I probably
> need a mini-dock with an additional SCSI port.  Thanks
> all for the help

If it only has *TWO* ports, then it's not a mini-dock, it's a micro-dock.
And in this case it sounds like you've got the floppy adapter.  So, you're
correct that you need a different micro-dock, and those (the SCSI ones) only
come up on eBay rarely.  Now, if you're willing to put up with something
just a bit bigger, you can look for a mini-dock.  That's got all the
standard (for the day) Powerbook ports on the back.  That includes: ADB,
power, floppy, video out, modem, printer, and HDI-30 SCSI.  (I don't think I
left any out, but I'm too lazy to get off my butt and take 5 steps across
the room and look... :-) )  These things are pretty nice to have to leave on
a desk with a big keyboard & mouse, perhaps a CD &/or Zip drive, and maybe a
StyleWriter and a 56k modem all hooked up and waiting for when you come home
from the road.  The only warning I'd give is that on the two I own, the
serial ports are flaky... I can't get my StyleWriter to work at all on one
and only on the 'modem' port of the other.  But, since this is a sample of
only two used devices, perhaps I just had some bad luck.  But since I use
them to keep SCSI, floppy and a trackpad hooked up, it's not really a
problem.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents, and then some...

- Eric.

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