From: Sean Chou (ychou)
Date: Tue Apr 26 1994 - 12:43:49 EDT
> The TP docking station is $900 and their CD-ROM is $600. This is
> outrageous.
I agree. Did you ask about the hard drive for more outrage? :)
> For about the same price, one could get a 486 box on an ethernet running
> peer-to-peer networking with a PCMCIA ethernet card. There would be
Very true, but I would opt for a portable CD-ROM with a Trantor
SCSI cable that I could connect onto any of my machines and a 386
box for about $600 used, and all networked together all for less.
> Another alternative is a PCMCIA SCSI interface to an external CD-ROM for
> something like a third of the price of the docking station CD-ROM combo.
One major problem with SCSI PCMCIA is the lack of drivers and general
support, especially under OS/2. OTOH, the Trantor EPP SCSI cable will
give you full SCSI access at very fast speeds and is useable on any
system
> While on the subject of penny pinching, the FAQ I downloaded mentioned the
> possibility of putting a third-party hard disk in the TP750. Does anybody
> have more information on this?
I haven't yet or it'd be in the FAQ. I hope anyone that has found
anything out will come forth and let us know!
Sean (Poor SOB)
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