> On Fri, 10 May 1996, Lee Whitty wrote:
>
> > What was HP thinking when they left an external power jack off the Omnigo?
> > I have a PCMCIA modem that I use with Omnicom, and it works great for about
> > 15 minutes until the batteries die. Does anyone have a creative solution
> > for rigging up a power jack without totally destroying the unit? I'm
> > tempted to rewire 2 unused pins on the serial port to do just this.
>
> How about stripping the pins off of one of those Universal power adapters
> and taping the +ve and -ve leads to the appropriate pads on the OmniGo?
>
> Desparate problems call for desparate measures...
If things do get that desperate, I would suggest affixing the leads to the
respective ends of something like a wooden dowel of app. the same diameter
as AA batteries so that one could just pop it in and out. A little less
tedious but still ugly. ;>
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