From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Dec 15 05:08:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA25586 for mobile-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:08:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from didda.est.is (ppp-22.est.is [194.144.208.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA25571 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from totii@est.is) Received: from est.is (didda.est.is [192.168.255.1]) by didda.est.is (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA01130; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:06:11 GMT (envelope-from totii@est.is) Message-ID: <34952B43.238DA455@est.is> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:06:11 +0000 From: "Þorður Ivarsson" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warner Losh CC: Greg Lehey , Mike Smith , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Silly question References: <19971215131739.34935@lemis.com> <199712150132.SAA26451@harmony.village.org> <199712150159.MAA00460@word.smith.net.au> <199712150451.VAA05804@harmony.village.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <19971215131739.34935@lemis.com> Greg Lehey writes: > : I've never had problems finding a power point in a departure lounge. > : My problem is to have the correct kind of plug :-) Which airports are > : you concerned about? > > Well, I don't worry about the plugs in the US. However, I searched > for 20 minutes looking for a working power plug at Heathrow a little > while ago... Found several, even had the right adapter (at least I > think so, it worked at the hotel and a friend's house), but it appears > that none of the outlets at the airport had actual power to them... I must have been hydro power in the outlets :) If you connect the batteries to the battery connectors of the laptop you will get longet lifetime of the D-cells because of the psu/charger in the laptop. Measure the laptop battery and use similar voltage from the D-cells (disels :) ) -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------