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From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Can Laptops be powered from Car Batteries?
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Date: 10 May 91 16:30:50 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon
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	"I would like to find take a laptop on a fishing boat; it needs
	to run from the 12v system on the boat, since there is no
	regular access to 120v AC."

If it's a Toshiba, you can get a car cigarette lighter power adapter
that takes 12VDC in and puts out whatever the laptop needs.  Try a
local Toshiba dealer or Toshiba Accessories Direct, (800) 999-4823.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]