Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think.com!linus!agate!agate!phr From: phr@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Why so little variety? Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 09:26:49 GMT References: <1991May7.000748.18429@xanadu.com> <17577@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: ucb Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: pastor@PRC.Unisys.COM's message of 10 May 91 14: 53:14 GMT To: In article <17577@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> pastor@PRC.Unisys.COM (Jon Pastor) writes: > Check out the Dataworld machine advertised in the current laptop rags. Um, the Dataworld machine is a Tandon OEM... If this means the Tandon also can use D nicads, that's great! > It ... uses > standard D-size 4AH nicads that don't cost an arm and a leg. It's > the only such machine I know of to use standard batteries instead > of expensive proprietary schemes. Um, according to the guy at Dataworld, they wanted it to use standard D-size nicads, and you can use them if you don't mind real short battery life. I notice that you specified 4AH nicads -- are they really commonly available and cheap? "Standard" D-size nicads are really sub-C (1.2 AH) nicads in a D size shell. You can get 4AH D nicads at Radio Shack for about $8 each. I believe 4.5AH and even 5AH D nicads are available but I'm not sure or at what price. I do know that 750 mAH AA nicads are more than 5 times as expensive as 500maH ones though this may change.