From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue May 13 22:15:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA18919 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 22:15:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA18913 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 22:15:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA25125; Tue, 13 May 1997 23:15:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 23:15:05 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705140515.XAA25125@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Brian N. Handy" Cc: Michael Smith , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 560? In-Reply-To: References: <199705140125.KAA19595@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> * Has anyone ever configured a Laptop with the port replicator to work > >> with the display? > > > >Not sure I know what you're on about here; I'm not familiar with the 560. > > A port replicator as I understand it is a gizmo that you have sitting on > your desk that you plug your monitor, keyboard and mouse into. Then when > you walk in with your laptop (be it the IBM 560 or something else) you > just plug it into this gizmo and viola, you've got a full desktop sorta > look and feel. It's similar I think to the docking stations that Macs > use. Yep, but it's a simple electrical device (as I told you on the phone). Nothing special about getting it working, as opposed to a docking station which sometimes has additional hardware. Nate