Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 22:14:02 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mickey Mouse Power Plug Message-ID: <a05200f03ba1965ec7bb7@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <xzpof7yhv0j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200212052141.53270.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> <014e01c29d5e$ca9404a0$3c00000a@drizzle> <20021206200936.GA76500@grumpy.dyndns.org> <3DF12C4E.7A941515@pythonemproject.com> <xzpof7yhv0j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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At 1:29 PM +0100 2002/12/07, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Umm, no. If the iPod uses an external PSU, then there's a very good
> reason for using a non-standard power plug: to prevent unaware users
> from plugging in a mains cord, which would not only fry the iPod but
> might also electrocute the user.
This is not an iPod. This is an LCD iMac. It does use
120/240VAC, and Apple has chosen to use a somewhat non-standard power
connector.
It happens to be the exact same style of plug that they've used
on their laptop power supplies, up until the very latest square white
models used with the latest models of laptops. It also happens to be
the same sort frequently used by Compaq.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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