Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!nike!oliveb!tolerant!waynet From: waynet@tolerant.UUCP (Wayne Thompson) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: using the c64 in a car... Message-ID: <389@tolerant.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Aug-86 13:09:10 EDT Article-I.D.: tolerant.389 Posted: Wed Aug 6 13:09:10 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Aug-86 09:01:49 EDT References: <659@usc-oberon.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Tolerant Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA Lines: 29 > Is there *any* way to take the c64 and use it in a car? It needs, what a > 12v and a 9v power supply (or a 9 and a 5?). Does it really *have* to be > getting it AC? > ============================================================================== > ....I disclaim everything, I had nothing to do with it, it's not my fault!.... > Randal Spencer - DEC, {amiga} Consulting - University of Southern California A friend of mine is using a vic-20 in his car. He clipped the input cord between the transformer and the computer and added a cigarette lighter plug to it. NO, it doesn't require AC. the drawback is that the machine will run hotter due to having to drop more voltage. ---- Which is worse ignorance or apathy? Who knows, who cares. Wayne Thompson ..{bene,mordor,nsc,oliveb,pyramid,ucbvax}!tolerant!waynet Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to discern who is responsible for these opinions, the poster or the company he works for. Good luck!! -- Which is worse ignorance or apathy? Who knows, who cares. Wayne Thompson ..{bene,mordor,nsc,oliveb,pyramid,ucbvax}!tolerant!waynet Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to discern who is responsible for these opinions, the poster or the company he works for. Good luck!!