Re: powering an apple by a car battery?

[ron <ron@bevmitchell.zzn.com>]

Is there a way to make a device that you can plug a car bat in to a gs?
Ron

In article <38599603.DBA1E0B7@swbell.net>, Rubywand
<rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> "David. E. Goble" writes ...
> >
> > Hi All;
> >
> > Is it possible to be able to power an Apple (AppleII/Apple
> > 2gs/MacSE30) by a car battery?
>      Not directly. Like, you can not run 12V to any place in the
> Apple II's you
> mention and expect it to work.
>      You _might_ be able to run an Apple //c (not a IIc+) from a
> car battery.
> The //c power block puts out 15VDC; so, a possible problem would
> be having
> enough voltage to get past an internal 12V regulator-- mainly, you
> might not be
> able to run your disk drives.
>      The easy 'all purpose' solution is to get an inverter-- a box
> which
> converts 12VDC to 117VAC. Then, you could just plug in your
> computer like you
> would at home.
> Rubywand



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