Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 22:27:11 PDT From: John_Richard_Bruni@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Modems Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 433, Message 9 of 13 Lines: 7 Aw c'mon guys, deep cycle batteries for laptops??? And warnings about running laptops off 12 volt 'hostile' environments. Any decent chip designed to convert DC-to-DC should handle this, and to h... with the power loss. We're talking *CAR* batteries running laptops for gosh sakes, not C cells running Honolulu Light & Power. Just do it!