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| The "goodz" |
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| Well check it out. In the age of digital interfaces, we have a machine which is rather satisfyingly analog. The little switch in this picture physically moved a whole framework of moving parts (pic directly above) which in turn moved other spring loaded mechanisms (pic directly below) that locked the laptop onto the docking station. Only one question... why does red mean unlocked? |
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| I wanna call this a living hinge... not sure if it technically is though |
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| In a separate analog system, a big "ejection" button on the top of the unit moved this rather beefy metal arm which hit little ejector pins, physically popping your laptop up and off |
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| Ah, so there are some circuit boards in here... |
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| Lots of these annoying little hex head screws not only held the circuit boards onto its metal housing but acted as the anchors for attaching your monitors n' such. Clever dual usage |
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| Bottom of the main board. Do I call it a motherboard, or is that just for computers...? |
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| See these raised metal tabs all over (detail shot below)? They synced up with the little metal squares on the underside of the circuit board (detail two pics below). I wonder if the whole metal housing itself acted as a circuit between those nodes! Fascinating. |
There you have it. Nothing too special, but some nice surprises in there. I've got a couple other fancier docking stations as well, but they use the fanciest screws I've seen yet: star with a pin in the middle! Guess I have to track down another screw driver.
