These days, there are monitors with USB-C style ports that both deliver power to the laptop and accept display over the same cable. And they also connect that

These days, there are monitors with USB-C style ports that both deliver power to the laptop and accept display over the same cable. And they also connect that port with other downstream ports like HID/etc (presumably a USB optical or floppy drive would also work here). I'll admit it's not quite as satisfying to plug in the cable, but it's still very functional and stable.