From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 14 20:20:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA16995 for mobile-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA16985 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:20:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA17404; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:20:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA03653; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:20:07 -0700 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:20:07 -0700 Message-Id: <199712150420.VAA03653@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Warner Losh Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Silly question In-Reply-To: <199712150132.SAA26451@harmony.village.org> References: <199712150132.SAA26451@harmony.village.org> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > OK. Let's say I wanted to be silly and run my Libretto off of 10 D > batteries rather than the nice LiIon battery that it came with. does > anybody see a problem doing this? Basically, I'd plug them into the > 15V power jack on the libretto. > > Comments? Make sure you got a good voltage regulator on it and it should work fine. Batteries tend to get a bit weird towards the end, so a voltage regulator is necessary to keep things nice and stable so you don't get any weird power problems. Personally, I'd spend the $$ and get a couple extra batteries for the thing. They're *ALOT* lighter than 10-D batteries, have a longer life, and don't defeat the purpose of having a really light laptop and a really heavy battery pack. :) :) Nate