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- From: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Has anyone seen Duo Add-ons?
- Keywords: modem, floppy, duo, powerbook
- Message-ID: <104038@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 14:38:41 GMT
- References: <1ijthmINNp18@jumbo.read.tasc.com>
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- In article <1ijthmINNp18@jumbo.read.tasc.com> dstrout@sun.rest.tasc.com writes:
- >
- >Has anyone actually seen the external floppy, the floppy adaptor, the
- >internal modem, or the Mini dock for the Duos? I got my 230 a week ago,
- >and have been getting "The floppy should be in RSN" from all of my area
- >dealers. I called Apple Assistance, they said the dealer should be able
- >to order it. Dealers say they can';t, they have to wait & see what they
- >get. Are these things in production / shipping yet?
-
- My friend and I each got a spare battery and a floppy bar from
- ComputerLand of Delaware in their going-out-of-business sale a couple
- of weeks ago. (My friend actually bought his 210 there at the same time,
- it was $100 more than educational, but the lack of sales tax made up
- the difference).
-
- I have not however seen the floppy drive itself, or the minidocks, yet. I
- am using the system with the floppy from my 100. I sold the 100 to another
- friend who doesn't need the floppy (he is using it as a library-trip machine
- and offloading over apletalk to his quadra.).
-
- If anyone sees minidocks please post!
-
- Now my big question is why-o-why did e-machines decide to not pass through
- the internal modem port on their minidock? I called them and they said
- "Well, we figured that when you are docked, your on a network, and you have
- access to a big fast modem on yournetwork". I can't believe they assume
- every docked duo is on some giant net! What morons. It would have cost them
- about $0.50 in parts to pass through that port.
-
- Josh
-
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