[DuoList] Compatibility of 280 accessories

Clark Martin cmmac at sonic.net
Sat Jun 4 17:23:23 PDT 2005


At 4:51 PM -0400 6/4/05, Ruffin Bailey wrote:
>I 'lucked' into a broken, but well-equipped (mini-dock, modem, 
>floppy, etc), Duo 280 a while ago and was considering putting the 
>accessories back to work by picking up a repaired Duo from a local 
>shop.  They've got a whole slew -- 230, 250, 280, 280c, 2300c.
>
>LEM's pages say the 280 is essentially a 250.  Does that extend to 
>these accessories?  How about the 230?
>
>The shop is giving me a little grief about 'pulling' the Duos from 
>storage, and they'd prefer I knew which I wanted before going in.
>
>On a related note, think color and the 68LC040 (but 4 megs of RAM 
>vs.  8) is worth an extra $20 over a 250?  Ouch!  230's are only 
>$10, so  if the dock, etc work there, that's probably what I'll get 
>to mess  around on.

I've got (I think) a 230, a 280, several 280cs and a 2300c.  All of 
them work with my docks, Ethernet Mini Dock and SCSI Mini DOCK.
-- 
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Computer / Internet Consultant
Another designated driver on the Information Super Highway


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