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From: ubsims@ecsvax.UUCP (William K. Sims)
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Subject: Re: using the c64 in a car...
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Date: Sat, 16-Aug-86 01:49:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 16 01:49:13 1986
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> I have asked some pretty dumb questions in my time, but this takes the cake.
> 
> I just want it to be true so much that I will ask it anyway.
> 
> 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 want to put this really neat car status display in my car and I could get
> the 5" b/w monitor, but can I get the c64 to work?  I sure hope so.
> 
> I would hate to resort to using a TI or something, after all the time I spent
> getting to know the c64.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
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It would appear to me that you would use a INVERTER - that is
a DC to AC inverter --- and simply run your C-64 off 115 volts
AC --- Trying to design and build a power supply for the required
voltages is a ---- "B" ---
	Bill Sims, UNC @ ubsims*ecsvax