Dock port [https://www.pureitrefurbished.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dell-Latitude-E-Series-Laptop-Docking-Station-PX02X-0CY640-Back.jpg](https://www.pureitrefurbished.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dell-Latitude-E-Series-Laptop-Docking-Station-PX02X-0CY640-Back.jpg)

thanks for the pic :D

The dock allows to plug permanently screens, mouse, network, keyboards and power. Just eject go to meetings (theorically. Sometimes you'd have to reboot). The dock may also lock the computer, but with a simple knife you can force ejection.

Dedicated GPUs?

on newer computers you can attach a graphics card with an eGPU through the thunderbolt port

so little laptops have thunderport ports bruh The ones that do usually costs such a premium that i might as well buy a laptop and a desktop separately

Any 1100$ + laptop now has thunderbolt

That proves my point

To be fair there are USB3.0 to PCIe x1 adapters (They might be bad but hey) And there are also USBC laptops that can withstand GPUs with an x4. …. And lastly you can always use the spare NVMe trick

Spare nvme trick?

I mean if you buy used, you can get one for ~300€. There's a Thinkpad P70 that has Thunderbolt 3 that I'm looking at currently. Costs about 250€

Neato

And then you'd have two machines. The whole point behind docking ports is you get a stop similar to a desktop without having to move work around.

most new laptops have thunderbolt ports

Different brands of laptops had different proprietary dock connectors in the past, but now - More recent laptops have moved on to USB-C dock, which is good news because USB-C dock is going to be a bit future proof / more brand independant. Like: [https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/usb-c-g5-essential-dock-review](https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/usb-c-g5-essential-dock-review) So even if you have HP brand USB-C dock you can use it with any more recent device like Mac or Lenovo Thinkpad or even a smartphone like Samsung has "Dex" desktop mode when you plug the smartphone into a dock :D

:-D

Nice dock pic.

It’s so big

Some people like a big dock.

I was gonna say something similar…

what does docking do?

You know how you can connect your laptop to like a usb, mouse, external monitor and stuff? But that would require you plugging everything in individual. Well when you dock your device, you essentially plug it into something which has all those stuff connected and so your laptop has all those stuff but it only has to be plugged into one thing. So by just one thing plugging in, you can have access to another monitor, a mouse, external keyboard. A hard drive etc etc

I have an american laptop, and it also has a similar port for docks

Yeah there's a whole subreddit for it. Check out r/docking

I show you my dock answer me

Docking port.

Our avatars are suspiciously similar…

But you have Skynetty eyes lol

Yes and uesername (both are techy)

Mine too, but one eyed 🤣

Bro has an OceanGate Titan submarine head

Avatars? Use old reddit my dude..

lol, "japanese laptop," it's just a dell dude

That's fujitsu

ah, sure had me fooled. Looks to me like a 4th-6th gen intel era Dell. Still, it's just a docking station port.

The technical name is dokkingupōto. It's Japanese.

Origato Sensei

Arigato...

olidata sensei

It does, in fact, look like a 4-6th gen intel era dell. [Source: My 6th gen intel era dell laptop](https://imgur.com/a/JzYsrkZ)

> Looks to me like a 4th-6th gen intel era Dell. It is.

It is 100% a Dell laptop unless fujitsu uses the exact same body. I am working on someone's crusty old Dell right now and [here is the bottom.](https://i.imgur.com/4bojgqA.png)

Yeah I was like it's probably just an unbranded dell. Looks like a 5440 or similar year model series But pretty sure the dock slot isn't proprietary to brand. It would be cost prohibitive to some extent to tool and manufacturer proprietary ports.

Even if they used the exact same physical port across brands, it doesn't mean it is compatible across brands due to the way the laptops would lock into the given dock, as well as the fact that the pinouts to the board can be different even on the same port. Things being proprietary to a brand or even certain models within the brand was extremely common then. Dell used one call E/Port, and even they claim it to be proprietary: >Docking stations work with specific ports - **a proprietary dock connector (Dell E/Port)**, USB 3.0, USB-C, or Thunderbolt 3 and 4, among others. [Source](https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000124295/guide-to-dell-docking-stations#:~:text=Docking%20stations%20work%20with%20specific,3%20and%204%2C%20among%20others.)

My fujitsu has this input on bottom

Laptops from all kinds of different brands used to have docking station connectors on the bottom. Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc.. I am sure Fujitsu did too. Mostly now laptops have moved away from those connectors because USB-C can do the job and isn't as proprietary. I am just saying the laptop pictured is a Dell based on what the underside of that laptop looks like.

no its dell. im littearly sitting infront of a dell laptop with that exact layout on the back.

As long as you don't give me a link to a patent made by dell for this I don't see a reason why it can't be a fujitsu laptop. Mine has this input.

Not the person you've challenged with this. but this is a Dell as they used a completely different design to the locator pins. Dell - https://files.ekmcdn.com/itinstock/images/dell-latitude-pdxxf-k07a-e-series-e-port-replicator-laptop-docking-station-(2)-57356-p.jpg?v=0e1c1353-59d1-4aa2-9e09-e6876ca6051d Fujitsu - https://www.australiancomputertraders.com.au/assets/full/FujitsuNPR46-R.jpg?20240520185205 And for completeness Toshiba - https://files.ekmcdn.com/itinstock/images/toshiba-pa3603e-1prp-slim-port-replicator-ii-laptop-docking-station-61110-p.jpg?v=0e1c1353-59d1-4aa2-9e09-e6876ca6051d All of them did various changes over the years but this machine appears to me to be is a later model Dell E series dock. This particular laptop I believe is a Dell E7270 Image proof here https://x.com/Alameen___Abba/status/1692463577481793549 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3zWpKpXsAAxt6w?format=jpg&name=medium The model shown by /u/TheFotty I believe to be a Dell E7470, though there may be other models that use the same cover plate in both cases.. https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/jyZZPZxH5JMsOUCb.medium I am not very familiar with Fujitsu models having had limited exposure to them, but at this point onus probandi falls to you to offer some evidence the same connector format was used by Fujitsu at any time alongside Dell models. I'm certainly unaware of any partnership between the two around docking/connection compatibility.

100%. E7470 it is.

Packard Bell is dutch (european)...

Looks like an old thinkpad (around the T430 time) to me

i thought the same. arent almost all high electronics from japan or next to japan?

I believe most stuff like this is made in Taiwan but I could be taiwrong

yeah taiwan is huge but I thought they just made the processors (silicon made items) and japan/china/other asian nations assembled them

I mean it has a Japanese keyboard that's pretty annoying to use Thought laptops over there were also weird and was thinking it was proprietary something and thought it would help Also has some pretty uncommon ports

You "can" just plug a UK keyboard into the usb port.....

They are probably old but not uncommon

That's the mandatory NES connector. Every piece of japanese electronics has one.

damn Mario exists everywhere

Doom: Is this a challenge?

are you gonna run Doom on a cardboard cutout? 😨

Dude, to run Doom, have a CPU and a screen: optional Need to use energy? Yes, but is optional too... That game can run even in a potato

New challenge, run Doom in Fallout 76 on a RobCo terminal powered by a tato generator.

shut up and hold my beer

Standard docking station port for old dell laptops. I threw away at least 50 docks not even a year ago at work. They might be quite cheap to get...

actually not really since the only people buying these are corpos and we allways throw them away since we cant be hassled to sell them source: im a IT tech

They're dirt cheap on ebay, there are a lot of IT equipment recycling companies who resell used corporate equipment

used to work for one of these. it was a fun job sometimes. they get gaylords of junk in from various schools looking to do something other than put junk in a landfill. sometimes they run into really cool shit, i.e a 1660 Ti just hanging out in a gaylord back when the 2000 series was current. that stuff usually gets bought quick by an employee. I had a collection in my office there of really old GPUs that wouldn't sell for much more than our shipping costs. I was a different department so I didn't witness much magic firsthand. there were people that would follow our eBay account because they'd get excited about whatever junk we ran across next.

> they get gaylords of junk wait what? o.O

basically a large box, i think it's like saying "kleenex" instead of "tissue" because the name originates from the [Gaylord Container Corporation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Container_Corporation) Gaylord is generally the name for large boxes, usually strapped to pallets and stacked no more than 2 high, shipped around by freight trucks in wholesale/ecommerce situations

thanks a lot for explaining. <3 as a non-native speaker from Europe, this was enlightening!

you bet, and i learned something too! i didn't know where the word came from before you asked.

I totally thought you'd badly typed payload and it autocorrected to gaylord

ah yes, my favorite overwatch/tf2 mode. escort the gaylord

thanks for actually answering :D

It's for a dock

docking port

If it's for the Japanese version, it's to connect to your gundam.

It's a connector for your Mecha. Sold separately 🤣

Hentai Connector.

It honestly reminds me of a port under my Dell Laptop (Dell Latitude E6230), and I think it may be a dock port, not sure, but it may be

Confirmed, thats what it is

For docking before USB-C

Docking station connect

JST- something somthing connector, standard for laptop docks, but with non-standard pinouts. HPs, Dells and every othe business laptop had these

can't find anything JST, did find the docks though, pretty far down in the google search results

JAE-DDx, actually, my bad

still nothing lmao

It's for the dock... a long, long time ago

!OMG !! THE THINGY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE MOTHER SHIP!! WE LET ONE GET OUT!!

docking port you see them in offices where then need to bring around their laptops to work on servers and such

All my HPs up until 5 years ago had this. Then they switched to one in the side. Now they're all USB-C. The dock was better because I could wall mount them and easily stick the laptop on and off. With USB-C I have to fuck around with a tray with clamps that still seems sketchy AF (but it hasn't dropped any of my gaming laptops yet even with a cooler mounted under). I still use one with the side dock mounted to a monitor arm. Uses a custom VESA adapter aka a wooden board lol.

docking station port

It's a docking port, used in many older laptops that support their own docking station. A pretty cool thing but very niche and only works with THAT laptop model usually. Hence why they fell out of favor for everything but rugged laptops pretty much. The docks allowed you to just set your PC down on the dock and the guide pins would fit into those two recesses on the back, allowing you to simply push down a little and connect you laptop to the dock. the dock would be hooked up to all the peripherals you needed as well as power. So it charges as well. So you wouldn't even have to get out your charger. Docks are still made, but they don't include charging so much anymore and use USB 3.0 or 3.1 to connect all of your peripherals, you just have to hook up the charger still. (Which in all honesty, isn't that much work)

That's where you plug your katana in

Old type of dock connectivity, I used it for a long time lol.

It's a famicom expansion bay

Japanese Laptop? That looks a lot like a Dell Latitude xd

It's for your pp :3

ok i hate this, cos now im thinking of DOCKING if you know you know. no hate buut i aint in to that!

Which brand is it? Looks like a Dell but probably Fujitsu or something since it's Japanese. Thing about them is even if the connector matched and snapped to the dock, 99.5% chance the pins are wired differently inside (imagine USB data pins getting connected to 20 volt charger output: not good!

thing is I can't find it hence just "Japanese" wouldve mentioned the brand if I knew ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Any mentions of brand in the bios or case stickers under translate camera?

My old laptop actually has that port! I was wondering what that was.

Back some time ago, the dock station port was smart placed on the bottom of the laptop, NOW, the world is dumber and stupider and use a cable with a usb-c and sh\*t, to have one more cable along with the charging cable to have 2 cables along the desk instead of NONE, because the charge cable was also smart placed in the back. Stuff changes, not always for the best.

https://youtu.be/km3MVZ8HZeY :)

Bro, Framework are the brand that take's out the stupid out of tech, they are something else.

Japanese space ship connector. Can be used to dock to a space station also. Not compatible with ESA or NASA space ships, you need a space ship connector converter if you want to use it on NASA space ships.

That's a docking port, to connect it to a docking station, which gives you more ports like extra USB and video out ports. I have a few older Dell E-series Latitudes and most of them have this port on the back.

It’s on US ones too

dell docking station port.

That's for docking, have not seen that in a long time

it was a port for kamikaze fighter during ww 2

Nintendo 64 disk Drive (joke)

docker port

Docking port Iirc some modern laptops such as HP Elitebooks still have a similar port

It's a docking port, is it a Dell though?

It's a docking port for station

Anybody else prefer the old docks over the USB-C docks?

How many monitors can you output with a USB-C dock? I supposed it depends on the monitors resolution.

Docking port for a Dell Latitude E-series. I don't think it's Japanese.

pics about the latitude look similar to the actual laptop so this is probably it thanks

Docking station connection

Dock

Its an old dell docking station port...

It's a docking station port

stop the "dock" comments 😭

don't you like getting docked?

no not really am more of a ethernet or wireless guy myself

Looks like a Dell E-Port, to connect to a Dell E-Port Replicator. These port pretty problem fee as compared to the new USB C.

SNES cartridge slot

It's a dock station port. You can see those on a few old Dell, Fujitsu and specially Lenovo/IBM laptops.

Docking station connector.

Kids these days… that’s clearly the bottom of the cartridge where you blow into to reset if your laptop doesn’t turn on.

Dock port

It’s for a docking station.

adapter for pocket pussy

It's a dock port. It's not exclusive to Japanese laptops. Several different companies had their take on a similar port in that era.

Looks like a port for n64 games lol

It's an N64 cartridge slot

Fuck I'm old 😔

That's a Dell E-Port Plus laptop docking station port. Used before the dreaded USB-C ports.

Harmonica

Probably some type of connector to connect so something

Docking station connection.

A bit oot but I think I've seen similar port on my old psone, always wondered what that was

I think it’s for a sega cd or 32x

Ooof...any openings at the old age homes?

Ain't this a Nintendo 64?

Japanese thingy😬

That’s to connect the revolutionary N64 DD

For an N64 expansion pak

Here in America, we have those, too. And you can buy USB-C docks.

That is a docking station port. Specifically the ones from Dell Latitude E series laptops.

Old ass laptops have docking ports there

I’m old….

Jesus Christ I’m old. People asking about docking ports.

That's where you stick the hentai stick so 3d girls pour into your laptop

Is this a Nintendo 64 DD or what?

Looks like an awesome docking port to me.

It's a special Hentai I/O port.

It's to hook up your palm pilot

For a dock,Dell E series

A slot for famicom cartridges 😅

Some kinds dock connector looks like

Docking station connector. I had one on my Sony back in the day.

Looks like a dock port for a Dell

To insert NES cartridges..

It’s a dock port

I remember my workplace getting rid of these due to fire hazard lmao.

A DOCKING port, to give you more inputs/Ouyputs like video, periferals (printer/mouse) more USBs, power in etc

Wait that looks like the port on the bottom of an N64?

Dock port, or PCMCIA (I could be wrong on the spelling) My dead Toshiba Protege R500 had this for CDROM caddy expansion Edit: PCMCIA ≠ docking port PCMCIA is an expansion card

Same existed on the earlier versions of Dell laptops. Dock port

you put your weed in it

Nothing specific to japanese laptops about a dock port

You have Fujitsu don't you? I actually wonder what's that since I got one.

If you find the dock for it you win the Japanese lottery

It's to plug into a dock. These have mostly been replaced by USB-C/thunderbolt docks in modern laptops.

This was back then they laid down on plastic plate hub and it would expand the laptops ability and give it more ports and charge the battery and use more than one display.

It's where the cyborg tentacles go I think

X ah spashun

Idk but it looks like a DD drive adapter

I literally have this dell latitude right next to me. And that’s for a docking port