Re: //c+ battery?

[Chad Choi Lin <chadlin@nyetcom.com>]

TWS wrote:

> Why wouldn't powerbook batteries be a good idea?
> 
> Supertimer wrote:
> 
> > mlamorte@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Mike LaMorte) wrote:
> >
> > >Here's an off-the wall one for all you beloved wireheads...
> > >
> > >I have a //c+, and would like to turn it into a portable. Since the + did
> > >away with the brick on a rope, the previous battery packs won't work. Has
> > >anyone hacked a way to install an external power in jack, voltage
> > >regulator, and one of those flat PowerBook external batteries?
> >
> > PowerBook batteries probably won't work...you can use a 12v power
> > source via an inverter to 120v AC.

The reason is simple: the Apple //c+, unlike the previous versions of
the //c subset, does not accept a DC power input. The original //c and
its two immediate revisions (the first one was compatible with a special
memory expansion board, and the next was compatible with the newly
introduced UniDisk 3.5" drive) did require a DC input, hence the
infamous brick-on-a-rope external power supply (an AC to DC converter).
The //c+, however, had a much smaller power supply incorporated into the
main unit, needing only a universal 3-prong AC cord for power.
Unfortunately, this also makes it incompatible with the previous //c
battery packs since (a) they have the wrong connector, and (b) they
generate a DC voltage.

As much as I like the changes made to the original //c design, I think
Apple Computer should have thought more carefully about the likely
effects of messing with something as fundamental as the power supply
setup. Then again, we are all forsaken children of the technicolor fruit
company, eh?

-- 
Peace, Love, and Standards Are Great -- There's So MANY of Them!
Chad Choi Lin
chadlin@nyetcom.com

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