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Old 09-22-2020, 02:11 PM   #39
Ken Maltby
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
The adapter mentioned by rcentros in post #8 can be considered a sort of docking station and I am sure there are many other similar adapters. Docking stations for laptops have been around for a long time and their main use is for commercial and home offices. they were often unwieldy and also expensive because of their proprietary electrical and mechanical connectors, which also kept them from being used with other laptops.

Without getting into how well these USB-C multiport adapters actually work, I think USB-C represents an advance in the docking station concept, a single standard hot-pluggable docking station possibly small enough to be portable with potential cost saving from competition and economy of scale.
My first USB-C experience is coming with my new Onyx Boox Note 2, having a "docking station" with a number of features, for my 10.3" ereader might be kind of handy. I ordered one and will check it out.

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