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Docking port for IBM Thinkpad 560X/385

One of the difficulties of working with older notebooks is that they often sacrificed important ports for portability. Docking stations add more bulk, but make it easy to add extra ports while at home. Many older docking stations are large clunky monsters you wouldn't want to lug around, but if you carry your notebook in a good backpack the docking port for the IBM Thinkpad 560X/385 is small enough to fit in with other items (power cables, external drive, etc.). Our docking port has a product number of 11J8998.

The front has a couple of connectors to connect to the bottom of the notebook. There is a release button on the right of the port and a locking button on the top for the 4 pcmcia ports on the back of the station. The back of the station has a surprising amount of ports for its size. There is 1 USB (we assume 1.1) port, a keyboard, a mouse, a midi/joystick, parallel, serial, DSUB VGA, audio in and out, and external floppy connector port on the back.
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