Re: //c portable power supply

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <ddkilzer.806256328@tbp.eng.iastate.edu>, ddkilzer@iastate.edu
(David D Kilzer) wrote:

> dgrisner@netcom.com (David G. Risner) writes:
> 
> >I just got my //c fixed and was wondering if anybody out there knows where I 
> >could get a battery for supplying my //c & an lcd screen (which I have
not yet 
> >acquired) while riding the train to work.
> 
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> I'm not sure how much voltage the Mac Powerbooks take, but you might
> look into trying those flat batteries that are sold for them by a
> third-party company.  They probably wouldn't fit the footprint of your
> //c, but at least they'd be flat and more unobtrusive than, say, a car
> battery.  :^)
> 
I dont' think any current portable's battery - or any reasonable number of
them - will do.. the IIC is from an era before low power.  Probably drain
one of them portable's batteries in about 30 seconds - IF you could
connect it.

Best thing I ever saw was a guy who'd taken a bunch of them lantern
batteries - six, I think, and hoked them together with a small voltage
regulator...it worked.  I can say that much for it.

Me - I'm looking to find the specs to convert a busted power cord to
supply power from my Cigarette lighter, so I can write while I camp out..

Lurch

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