Yup, at least I think I can get the phone number from their web site.

Getting to the e-mail help and support turned out to be a real chore, which 
I still haven't mastered.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: off topic: How to determine whether a docking station will 
accept a particular laptop computer


> Tom,  I think I'd play it sae and call Dell.
>
> Kris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 4:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: off topic: How to determine whether a docking station will accept 
> a
> particular laptop computer
>
> Hi, all.
>
> I guess this technically can be considered "off topic", but as you'll see,
> it may not be as far afield as it first appears.
>
> Here's the story:
>
> As at least some will remember, I have been on a quest for an older 
> Windows
> XP laptop to use as my main ham shack computer for quite some time now.
> And, I believe I have found one at a reasonable price.  It's a Dell
> Lattidute D600.
>
> Several years ago, I had acquired  a Dell docking station.  The only info 
> I
> can find on the docking station is that it is a Dell d-dock docking 
> station.
>
> How can I tell whether this particular docking station will work with the
> Lattitude d600?
>
> Is there a particular web site I can go to for answers to questions like
> this?
>
> Or, does someone know the answer already?
>
> I just don't want to try it without adequate information, and risk 
> damaging
> something.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>