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Lind Electronics Releases New Small-Lightweight
Auto/Air DC Power Adapter for Apple Portables
Lind
Electronics' new $79.95 smaller/lighter DC power adapter for
the new iBook and PowerBook G4 is only 3.75" inches long and weighs a
mere 6.5 ounces. The new DC adapter provides power
to charge internal batteries and operate the Apple iBooks and G4
Titanium laptops from automobile 12 VDC or the airline in-seat power
sources.
These units' ruggedized construction and replaceable input/output
cables make them ideal for mobile users who rely on mobile power for
their daily operations. The power adapter is housed in a sealed,
lightweight ABS plastic case designed to resist moisture and all
manners of shock, vibration, and physical abuse. The adapter filters
incoming power and boosts the voltage to the level required by the
laptop. The adapter is designed to emulate the AC adapter provided
with the laptop. It contains shut down circuits that protect the
laptop and the adapter from damage due to input power or output load
surges. The adapter automatically resets itself when fault conditions
return to normal. The Lind Adapter has been engineered to minimize
EMI interference with mobile wireless communication systems and is
warranted for 3 years from the date of purchase including input and
output cable damage.
The Lind Electronics AP2425-523 offers the following features:
Ruggedized adapter, sealed for durability
Output short circuit protection
Safety current limiting
UnderVoltage & OverVoltage Protection
Internal temperature limit cutoff circuitry
Automatic Reset after shutoff conditions return to normal
TUV Approved for Airline Use
3-year warranty includes repair of damaged or broken plugs or
cables
Nylon carrying case
Retail pricing is $79.95.
PCI Expansion For PowerBooks
Mobility
Electronics offers two modestly priced PCI expansion storage,
and back-up chassis for PowerBooks.
EasiExpansion T35 PowerBook
Mobility's EasiExpansion T35 PowerBook provides fast, affordable,
high-capacity storage and
PCI expansion for Apple PowerBooks (G3 Pismo & G4 Titanium). With
5 available drive bays, you can easily install hard drives, CD-RW,
DVD, Zip, or other drives to satisfy your storage needs. Use the 3
full-length PCI expansion slots to easily add PCI cards such as IDE,
SCSI, FireWire, Video and Ethernet.
Features
3 internal drive bays for 3.5" drives
2 user accessible drive bays for 5.25" drives
3 full-length PCI Expansion Slots
2 Integrated USB Ports
Plug-in your favorite USB peripherals
Product Warranty 1 Year Limited
System Requirements
Mac OS 9.1 or later
PowerBook with 32-bit CardBus slot, PowerBook G3 (Pismo), or
G4(Titanium)
The EasiExpansion T45 PowerBook is similar to the T35 except that
it offers 4 full-length PCI Expansion Slots
This week you can purchase the Mobility Electronics EasiExpansion
T35 expansion and storage chassis for $149.95, $100 by using a
discount coupon on the DealMac
Web page.
See Through iBook
Mitsunobu Tanaka, PhD, has posted photos
of his clear plastic iBook (Dual USB) on the KODAWARISAN NO OHEYA
user group website.
It's a very nice job, and well worth a look.
G4 Processor Upgrade for Lombard Coming?
A Japanese website has posted pictures and details about a
prototype G4 card for Lombard from PowerLogix called BlueChip
LS.
Apparently, Apple had introduced a roadblock to PowerBook
processor upgrades with the OS X and OS 9 license agreement
in the form of a provision to prohibit copying the boot ROM content
for use with upgrade card.
Nice going Apple. :-(
Lifestyle Notebook Cases
Lifestyle
Notebook Cases from CaseDirect offer professional styling and
excellent protection, with extra pockets and organizers for pens,
cell phone, discs, and files.
Several models are offered, including:
Nylon notebook cases
Koskin notebook cases
Lifestyle notebook cases
iBook Portector (Not a Typo)
vSee has released the iBook Portector - a polyurethane strip to
protect your ports from dust and dirt. Reseller arrangements are
reportedly being negotiated, and vSee will also be selling the
Portector on its website soon.
President, Zac Henderson says "We are currently looking at a
number of distributors and resellers for our product. However, we
will soon also be offering the product directly online through our
Web site."
Pricing details are not yet available. For more information or
reseller opportunities contact Portector@fueldesigninc.com.
In lieu of specials this week, Small Dog has selected two
charities that are in need of donations. Small Dog will match
contributions made to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation and
the National Organization for Victim Assistance. They also donate an
additional $10 to either NDSDF or NOVA for every Web-based order
completed in the next week.
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is a nonprofit
organization that rescues dogs from shelters or breed rescue groups
and turns them into rescuers. Dogs and firefighters are both
professionally trained to search for victims when disaster strikes.
In partnership with state emergency agencies, these dog/handler teams
are community, state and national resources. Foundation Teams have
been deployed to the tragedy in New York.
The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private,
nonprofit organization of victim and witness assistance programs and
practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental
health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and
others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim
rights and services.
For the last fifteen years, NOVA has been providing Crisis
Response Teams to catastrophes as diverse as the Oklahoma City
bombing, which killed 168 Americans, the earthquake in Kobe, Japan,
which killed some 7,000 people, the war in Bosnia, and the school
shootings since 1998. NOVA has a database of some 4,000 crisis
responders who have received at least 40 hours of
intense crisis response training, and hundreds who have received
at least 64 hours of crisis response training with an emphasis on
practical skills in the immediate aftermath of disasters. Many have
been deployed to numerous crisis events over the years.
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power
to charge internal batteries and operate the Apple iBooks and G4
Titanium laptops from automobile 12 VDC or the airline in-seat power
sources.
and
PCI expansion for Apple PowerBooks (G3 Pismo & G4 Titanium). With
5 available drive bays, you can easily install hard drives, CD-RW,
DVD, Zip, or other drives to satisfy your storage needs. Use the 3
full-length PCI expansion slots to easily add PCI cards such as IDE,
SCSI, FireWire, Video and Ethernet.
