Re: [NTLK] IBM Thinkpad & Interconnect port

From: Robert Masters (rdm_at_enfield.lympago.com)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 04:01:28 PST


On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 07:24:00AM -0500, Victor Rehorst wrote:
> Robert Masters wrote:
> > I was just looking at the back of a new IBM Thinkpad docking station, and
> > there is an external floppy driver connector that looked very familiar...
> >
> > I did a comparison, and it sems that there might, once again, be a source
> > of interconnect port connectors available!
> >
> > Can anyone confirm my observations?
>
> Post the IBM part number of your laptop, that is the (4-digit)-(3-char) model
> number that should be on the bottom somewhere and I will check it out and tell
> you if you are correct.

Its actually the Port Replicator-II that has the connector - it's IBM
part number: 74P6733.

And another thing... Our Good Dear Friend, Mr PCBMan, has some Male
connectors. Great! But with these wretched shell and probe connectors,
which is which? Is the male connector the one on the Newt, or is it the
one on the dongle?

FWIW, the PR-2 has the same sexed connector as the dongle.

-Rob (suffering connector overload)

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