Toshiba Portege 7140CT, 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.