For minidocks, try Olympia Computer Systems in Wimbledon on 020 8944 9003.
I haven't bought from them for a year or two, but even if they hadn't any
in stock they used to be able to get hold of minidocks within a week or
two. I got my third from them and it's the only one that's never given me
any trouble.
I still find the Duo the perfect academic machine. With a minidock and a
VGA adaptor, I do lectures out of the Duo daily (using MORE, which is far
superior to PowerPoint, and free); it's a doddle to set up, and has always
given completely problem-free plug & play. I wouldn't use anything else.
Only drawback is that I never managed to get video mirroring to work under
7.1, which I'd otherwise rather be using on anything below a 2300. But MORE
does mirroring anyway, so it's not much of an issue. The only machine I
could imagine being even better would be a 2400 - but those really are are
heavily outnumbered in the UK by hen's teeth. (Mind you, the hens in
Chicken Run have teeth in abundance... Maybe I could make a 2400 out of
plasticine.)
Nick Lowe
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>The sad truth is I think, that Duo's (as they come) are becoming of limited
>use in the context of a University. Around this one (where I work part time)
>there is an *expectation* now that students will run seminars and do
>presentations with the aid of Powerpoint or whatever. And of course, Duos
>have no video-out port. I was recently trying to persuade a student to hang
>onto his Duo230 and extolling its merits, but the guy said it simply didn't
>do what he needed to do with a computer.
>
>Which is by way of saying, that minidocks are *incredibly rare* in the UK,
>that I ain't got one, and that I want one for myself! (and my brief
>experience with eBay makes me nervous of that route). Anyone in the UK got a
>minidock they could sell me?? Thank you.
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