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From: Peter Ceresole on 3 Jun 2010 00:43
jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> "Congratulations on purchasing the 37lb Volt-O-Matic backpack, now with
> adjustable shoulder straps!"

You jest, but it was the first thing I built for the NC200. With a long
lead and four D cells. Weighed a quarter ton, but lived in my shoulder
bag so all I had to carry, that I was aware of, was the NC200 itself. I
could work all day with the back light on. Built from a Maplins battery
holder. Cheap, reliable, lasted for years.

Clive Feather built something of the kind (before I did) for a laptop
PeeCee. I was sitting next to him at a cybersecurity conference when his
pack developed a short circuit. Smoke, flames, amazing the amount of
energy involved...
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From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Jun 2010 03:04
Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote:

> Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
> > > Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Another take on the iPad:
> > >
> > > He seems to think the battery life is inadequate. Is it?
> >
> > Probably is for "War and Peace", but that isn't available in the
> > iBookstore anyway.
>
> It's there in Project Gutenberg. Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.

Robert Heinlein's wife learnt Russian because she'd read Russian
literature in English and concluded that it must have lost something in
translation because it was so turgid and generally uninteresting.

So she learnt Russian thoroughly - a hard job. Visited the USSR,
gossipped with real Russians, had Russian down pat.

Read the `famous Russian literature' in the original language.
Concluded that Russian literature was beyond human understanding - no
idea what purpose it could serve, but it certainly wasn't entertainment.

Rowland.

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From: Rowland McDonnell on 3 Jun 2010 03:07
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > "Congratulations on purchasing the 37lb Volt-O-Matic backpack, now with
> > adjustable shoulder straps!"
>
> You jest, but it was the first thing I built for the NC200. With a long
> lead and four D cells. Weighed a quarter ton, but lived in my shoulder
> bag so all I had to carry,
[snip]

I've got a Macintosh Portable. It's got a lead acid battery and by god
do you know it's got lead it in or what...

And I've met one of the old fashioned `portable/ reel to reel tape
recorders they used to go around with, and been told (not shown,
unfortunately) about the huge battery pack they used to have to carry as
well.

Four D cells would have been heavenly.

Rowland.

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From: Jim on 3 Jun 2010 03:28
On 2010-06-02, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote:
> In article
><c80ca227-6b0c-4e97-87a5-2c90f9e66728(a)c11g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>,
> Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 2 June, 17:56, pe...(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
>> > Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
>> > > Another take on the iPad:
>> >
>> > He seems to think the battery life is inadequate. Is it?
>>
>> Probably is for "War and Peace", but that isn't available in the
>> iBookstore anyway.
>
> It's there in Project Gutenberg. Only 3.3 MB of plain ascii.

Which you can convert into ePub format using Stanza.

In other news, my iBooks app on my iPad is now quite well stcoked at zero
charge to me. Nice.

Jim
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From: T i m on 3 Jun 2010 03:33
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:07:56 +0100,
real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote:

>
>Four D cells would have been heavenly.
>
I've got 4 D cells (7Ah Nicads) that are still working in the
Panasonic radio I had when I was a BT over 35 years ago.

http://www.mcmullon.com/house/sold/gx300_1.jpg

http://www.mcmullon.com/house/sold/gx300_2.jpg

Whist it only pretends to be 'rugged' with it's pseudo industrial
looks it did survive a trip down the road (in a fairly light bag) at
~30mph when it jumped off the back of my Lambretta SX150 scooter (and
no, I didn't blame it).

Cheers, T i m




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