old laptop with no apparent "video out" jack

[scroce]

I think I already know the answer to this - but still I wanted to pose the question to see if there's a way to rig something up.

I have an old toshiba protege 610 laptop with a teeny screen that I hoped to be able to hook up to a monitor, but i see that it appears to only have a 25 pin parallel port, 9 pin serial port and some other kind of port (not a usb)that I don't recognize.

Is there ANY way whatsoever to do this, maybe with some kind of adapter? -

I ask b/c on the function keys there is the same little icon that my other newer laptop has which identifies the button to switch to the video - out mode - so why would that be there if it weren't possible in some way?

How much more water would there be in the ocean if it weren't for sponges?

 

[bjverzal]

Describe the other port - is it long and narrow with many connectors - perhaps for a docking station ?

As for your video options ? Can't say.

 

[thatrenowned]

Maybe its like them Toshiba 'Librettos' where you have to put it onto the docking station to get the video out option?...

 

[scroce]

hmmm... not sure it's two levels each of 18 connectors (if i counted right) - appears to be a female end - kinda looks like below
________________
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O \____________/ O

kind of trapezoidal with two round things on each side - not as long horizontally as a parallel port, and slightly thinner vertically. It could have been for an old style docking station, because it looks a lot like the newer docking station ports, only a lot shorter horizontally.
How much more water would there be in the ocean if it weren't for sponges?