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

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.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.

It's been a year or two since I've been inside a //c, but I don't recall an
"internal half of the power supply". The //c+ has an internal transformer
(is that the right word?) but it gets the room from having a 3.5" disk drive
instead of a 5.25" disk drive.

The AE cards for the //c only worked because of the space between the
motherboard and keyboard was JUST enough to allow a card to plug into the
CPU socket (and another chip's socket as I recall) and allow the CPU to plug
into a socket on the memory expansion card.

I doubt that you could do what you wish with the //c. The //c+ is another
matter entirely.

Roy

>
>
> =="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