ISO: Compaq Portable 3 "docking station" (?)

[Doc Shipley]

Joe R. wrote:
> At 10:05 AM 6/29/06 -0700, you wrote:
> 
>>I'd like to find a docking station/expansion chassis
>>for my Portable 3.  It's my understanding that this
>>will hold *two* (full size?) ISA cards. 
> 
> 
>    It's been awhile so I'm not positive but I think it takes 3/4 length
> boards and IIRC one slot is 8 bit and the other is 16 bit.
> 
> 
> 
>  I'm hoping
> 
>>that this will be a good, *compact* home for my
>>Opus PM (I'd hate to have to set up a regular PC
>>for this -- the Portable 3 has the advantage of the
>>built in display, etc.).
>>
>>Alternatively, can anyone suggest something that will
>>hold two full size ISA cards in a similarly small
>>footprint?  Ideally, with a COLOR display instead
> 
> 
>    I've seen similar luggables that have color screens. A lot of them were
> originally used for network snoopers. I have a color one somewhere. I don't
> remember who made it but I think Dolch built some. You might check E-bay
> for Dolch computers. The snoopers usually have three slots but I don't
> think ANY of the lunch box size machines will support a FULL length card.
> They simply not big enough. If you really need to use full size cards then
> check for one of the suitcse size Compaq Portable or Portable II or
> something of that size.

   I have a no-name 386 luggable that has room for full-length cards, 
and in fact has 3 of them.  If it's not a rebadged Dolch, it's a 
near-exact Dolch knock-off.

   The thing has a bog-standard AT PSU and Baby-AT 386 motherboard in 
it, right down to the 30-pin SIPP RAM.  I keep threatening to put a 
Pentium board and a SVGA TFT color screen in it, for a knock-around PeeCee.

   However, I just hit eBay for "Dolch", and I think my 386 is safe. 
That P-III mil-spec jobbie looks swank!


	Doc