| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide telephone connection through a MODEM in a portable computer to be connected to a docking station. SOLUTION: A portable computer 10 has a telephone jack 20 for connection to a telephone line during the operation of the computer 10 in a stand alone mode. The computer 10 is connected to the docking station 11 through connectors 12, 12' and can operate a monitor, a printer, a keyboard, etc., in a disk top mode. Since the docking station 11 has a keyboard and a monitor of full size, the computer 10 connected to the station 11 is functioned as a main computer. A telephone connection means is always arranged in the station 11, it is unnecessary to start a docking mode by connecting a telephone line and the station 11 can be connected to a telephone line through the MODEM only by connecting the computer 10 to the station 11.</p> |
