From: pkhoury_at_juno.com
Date: Tue Sep 02 1997 - 23:38:14 EDT
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:39:24 -0700 phr_at_netcom.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
>Ouch... incredible... I paid something like $300 for mine
>less than a year or so and found it useless for what I intended
>it for (convenient way to use a scsi cd-rom with my 755cx)...
>I've seen them in the $100 range after that but now it's gotten
>ridiculous.
>
>One disadvantage of the Dock 1 vs. port replicator: the dock has
>a fan, so it makes noise whenever you use it. I really like
>quiet when I'm working and am even trying to figure out how to
>configure my software so I can spin my disk down most of the time
>(storing files on a pcmcia flash card, etc.).
>
Flash cards work real well, but their expensive! I got my 5MB card
(mine is a genuine IBM, like 50% of my hardware!), and it installed
easily for OS/2, and DOS when I had it in my machine. I paid about
90 bucks for it from a surplus place, but the retail places should be
lowering to that range about now.
Paul
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