[plug] re: ups

[Leon Brooks]

Mike wrote:
> At 10:41 AM 8/11/2000 +0800, you wrote:
>> And why do so many laptops (are you listening, Compaq?) require *15*
>> volts DC? 8-16 would be better, 'coz then you could wire it straight
>> into your cigarette lighter or run it from an inverterless micro-RAPS.

> [...] most compaqs I've heard of will run at 12 - even though they
> say l5

That's very useful to know. Earlier ones (we're talking 386 and 486 era here)
definitely didn't.

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