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From: daniel@nstn.ns.ca (Daniel MacKay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: A Portable //c ?
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Date: 15 Nov 90 21:02:21 GMT
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ehsu@husc9.harvard.edu (Visual Editor) writes:

>I just got an old //c and I want to make it really portable. I figure only 
>battery power and a flat display stand in the way of that mission. Does anyone
>know where I can get a flat display for the //c? I read about the "C-VUE" LCD
>screen, but they seem to have gone out of business. I'm not too worried about 
>the battery power, but if I had a flat screen, I'd take the //c everywhere.

I have a C-Vue screen (from Roger Coates) -- no, I'm not selling it --
It works OK.  I made a cable to plug into the cigarette lighter socket
but I've only used it a couple of times in the car- once while camping.  
More often, I've used a motorcycle battery during power outages.  It will
run the //c for a day or so - when I first made the cable I tried it out.

The switching power supply in the //c really lets you know when the battery
power's getting down, too- it makes a pitiful howling noise.

-dan