From: Aaron W. Brown (aaron_at_designcraft.com)
Date: Thu Nov 13 1997 - 17:13:58 EST
Thanks to those who responded to my confusion about external floppy enclosures.
To summarize (and verify), it appears that the 75x series would need (the external floppy connector of) a docking station to utilize the external floppy enclosure kit. The 75x series has no external floppy port built in.
On the other hand a 76x series could use the kit without a docking station or port replicator because it has an external floppy port built in.
It appears that even though designed for a dock, the connector and wiring are the same for a 76x external floppy port. IBM should be praised for not making a trivial and incompatible change to external floppy ports as Thinkpad models mature.
Please post any corrections. Thanks to those who responded.
Aaron.
I wrote:
>>I have a 755CD without a dock or port replicator. Can I still use this
>>encloser? If so, where does the floppy cable attach?
>>
Mike wrote:
>Nope, only a docking station or port replicator has the external floppy
>connector. You can always go out and buy a Dock1, mine was less expensive than the floppy >enclosure... sigh...
>
Pat wrote:
However, I checked it out with IBM's Easyserv to verify that the kit would work with the 760EL.
Jane Wrote:
>Huh? The 760's have the external floppy connector on the back just above
>the docking station connector. I'm not sure about the 755CD, but Aaron can look at his and see if >it's there.
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