[Milsurplus] Re: [MRCA] OT: Army MARS & Computers

[Gene Smar]

Rich:

     If you can't find a true 12 VDC-operated laptop, consider using a 120 VAC inverter running off that same battery.  I have several inverters that I bought really cheap over the years for just such a purpose.  


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


From: "Richard Arland, W3OSS" <richard.arland at verizon.net>
Date: 2007/08/03 Fri PM 10:18:37 CDT
To: mrca at mailman.qth.net, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, milpack at yahoogroups.com, 
	BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV, 
	Boatanchor Flordia <FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>, 
	armyradios at egroups.com
Subject: [MRCA] OT: Army MARS & Computers

I recently joined Army MARS and I want to expand my comm capabilities.

My truck has HF/V/UHF capability. All modes including data. My problem is I 
need a small (as in s-m-a-l-l ) laptop that uses 12-14V DC as opposed to 
these exotic 19, 21, 24 VDC models. I need to power it directly from the 
truck's battery supply. It doesn't have to be a Pentium machine but at least 
an old 486 DX100 would be nice.

Anybody have any ideas as to make/model I need to look for???

One other thing: I had thought about adding a second battery (deep cycle 
marine) to the truck's system to power the radio equipment. Has anyone done 
this to their mobile installation? If so, please contact me off-list as I 
have some questions.

Thanks in advance. Pls reply off-list, as I shotgunned this to several 
lists.

73 R
W3OSS 

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