Asterisk (Geoff) has just ordered a couple of these little units - a Targus laptop docking station that is 27cm long by 7cm wide. I plan to strap one to my OTA dovetail and run a short parallel cable from it to my SBIG ST-8, a serial shutter cable from the RS-232 port to my 350D, a USB data cable to my 350D, a short USB cable to my QHY5 - and ONE SINGLE USB cable back down to my lappy to control it all. Awesome! I can do away with 4 or five cables dangling down from above my EQ head to my laptop below - which will make the EQ head's movement more fluid in cold weather without the added resistance of a stiff frozen bundle of cables to move at all angles. It also means that I can leave all the cables connected permanently, and have just one USB cable to plug in when the OTA is up on the mount during setup back down to the laptop.
Description:
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Targus ACP45AU - Universal Notebook Docking Station with Digital Audio
One touch USB connection instantly creates a desktop environment •Add analog and digital audio,Ethernet, serial, parallel, PS/2 and USB ports to your notebook •Lock down docking station with built-in anti-theft slot lock.
One-touch notebook connection: Simply plug in a USB cable to connect a network, keyboard, printer, speakers, digital cameras, MP3 players or other external devices to your notebook
Built-in digital audio: Instantly transforms your DVDs, music, and games into a virtual 7.1 surround sound experience (pure digital audio output to home theater and speaker systems via S/PDIF port)
Cooling and comfort design: Allows natural cooling of notebook and provides an ergonomic platform
Connector types: 4 High-speed USB 2.0 ports*, 1 Network (Ethernet 10/100Base-T), 1 Serial (PDA, mouse), 3 Audio (speaker, microphone, digital audio S/PDIF output), 1 Parallel (printer), 2 PS/2
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http://www.targus.com/pdfviewer/Gene...10&sku=ACP45AU
$89.80 from here until the 15th:
http://www.citysoftware.com.au/Promo...612/enews.html You save $85.00 - and Geoff has just bought two. That leaves 20 in stock ....
Cheers Geoff!
