Re: Interesting project: making the //c a true notebook computer

[Robert Boucher <rboucher@houston.rr.com>]

sirarlias@webtv.net wrote:
> 
> =="There is VERY little room inside a //c."
> 
> No doubt about that--therein lies the real challenge. But with today's
> smaller components and batteries wouldn't it be possible? I take it the
> internal half of the power supply would have to be miniaturized to make
> room for the battery.
> 
> =="And where would you put the AC charger to the battery?"
> 
> It would have to be external.
> 
> The best setup, IMHO, would be to have an easily removable battery (like
> the type used in RC cars, planes, etc. that have the little connector)
> that is charged externally while at the same time being able to switch
> back to the "brick on a leash" when you're at home. The access for the
> battery could be cut into the side.
> 
> I'm far from expert on these things; that is why I was wondering whether
> anybody had tried it before.
> 
> -RPM

It must be possible. In one scene in the Movie 2010, Roy Schneider was
laying on the beach doing calculations on a IIc. (No extension cord in
site unless it was covered by sand <g>)