From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 8 18:55:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A7737B401 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 18:55:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-34-52.knology.net [24.214.34.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911E643EC2 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 18:55:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB92tIf5095040 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:55:18 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: (from dkelly@localhost) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB92tHnC095039 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:55:17 -0600 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: David Kelly To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mickey Mouse Power Plug Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 20:55:17 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200212052141.53270.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200212082055.17838.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sunday 08 December 2002 03:14 pm, Brad Knowles wrote: > > This is not an iPod. This is an LCD iMac. It does use > 120/240VAC, and Apple has chosen to use a somewhat non-standard power > connector. > > It happens to be the exact same style of plug that they've used > on their laptop power supplies, up until the very latest square white > models used with the latest models of laptops. It also happens to be > the same sort frequently used by Compaq. So who sets these "standards" rendering the iMac power plug, which happens to be used by Compaq and others, "non-standard"? Twenty or 25 years ago the now common NEMA plug wasn't all so common. The then common detachable power cord plug was the little two prong plug on electric shavers and a bigger version used on coffee pots. All UL cares about is whether or not the socket/plug pair is safe from shock and made from materials which does not burst into flames. Apple chose a Big Enough power connector to fit on the back of the iMac. At least two other connectors (speaker and VGA) on the back of the iMac are way more uncommon than the power plug. Its just that I thought the power plug at the angle shown in the picture was funny. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message