[FOUND] UltraBay Slim Parallel/Serial Adapter

[twistero]

Please post pictures! It's one step closer to DIYing one of these rare items.

[Kasm279]

I'll get some pics up in another thread tomorrow. I managed to break one of the lugs off when screwing it back on for the parallel port. Under the chromed outside it looks almost like plastic... Oh well, who does up the thumbscrews anyway? Oh, it's the only ultrabay slim device I have seen that cannot be hotplugged. To install it the machine must be in sleep, hibernate, or powered off. It ejects while hot, though. It's kinda annoying because docking the thinkpad ejects the bay module, so you have to sleep the thinkpad and wake it up for the ports to work. So far it's worked flawlessly though.

[twistero]

It's kinda annoying because docking the thinkpad ejects the bay module, so you have to sleep the thinkpad and wake it up for the ports to work. So far it's worked flawlessly though.

Hmm, doesn't the dock also have serial / parallel ports? Maybe you're "supposed" to use those on the dock instead of the adapter?

[Kasm279]

Hmm, doesn't the dock also have serial / parallel ports? Maybe you're "supposed" to use those on the dock instead of the adapter?

I figured that was implied.