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Toshiba Portege 7140 User Manual

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1-4 Introduction

User's Manual

Portege 7140CT User's Manual – 7140_UK.doc – ENGLISH – Printed on 20/12/99 as IM_714UK

Universal Serial Bus

port

A Universal Serial Bus (USB) port enables chain

connection of a number of USB-equipped

devices to one port on your computer. For

example, you might connect a USB-HUB to the

computer, then connect a keyboard to the

USB-HUB and a mouse to the keyboard.
Use the USB drivers that come with external

USB devices. If your operating system does not

support USB, you can still use a USB mouse and

keyboard by setting the USB Legacy
Emulation

item in TSETUP to Enabled. Refer

to Chapter 7,

Setup and Password Security

for

details.

Docking port

This port enables connection of an optional

DVD Network Dock II described in the Options

section.

Port Replicator

This device enables connection of parallel, serial

and PS/2 devices.

Parallel port

A Centronics®-compatible parallel interface port

on the Port Replicator lets you connect a parallel

printer or other parallel device. This port supports

the Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) standard.

Serial port

A standard, 9-pin, serial port on the Port

Replicator lets you connect such serial devices

as a serial printer, mouse, bar code reader, or

Optical Character Reader (OCR). This port

supports 16550 Universal Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter (UART) compliant high-

speed data transfer.

External diskette

drive port

An external diskette drive port lets you connect a

diskette drive.

External monitor port The female, 15-pin, D-shell connector lets you

connect to an external video display, which is

recognised automatically. It supports Video

Electronic Standards Association (VESA) Display

Data Channel (DDC) compatible functions.

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