Allison J Parent wrote:
> <A portable VAX...  I'd just tape my TRS-80 mod 100 to the top as a consol
> <supply batteries, and we're off!  Of course, I'd still have to find 120v
> <worth of batteries to run the VAX mobile...  well, I wouldn't be taking i
> <anywhere which doesn't have 120vAC...
> 
> No, 12v and a 140watt DC to AC converter.  the PS will nto run on DC. ;-)
> 
> Allison

Are you sure about this?  Most switching power supplies immediately
rectify and filter the AC anyways, and it seems to me that a 170VDC
(120*sqrt(2)) source would be okay in very many cases.

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