From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 8 3:11:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A2A37B401 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 03:11:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 169F543E4A for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 03:11:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 275345374; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 12:11:09 +0100 (CET) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: David Kelly Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mickey Mouse Power Plug References: <200212052141.53270.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> <3DF12C4E.7A941515@pythonemproject.com> <200212071438.42701.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:11:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200212071438.42701.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> (David Kelly's message of "Sat, 7 Dec 2002 14:38:42 -0600") Message-ID: Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Kelly writes: > How did the iPod come into this? The URL showed the backside of a 17" > iMac. The Mickey Mouse Power Plug is for 90-270 volts AC with similarly > wide frequency range. As others have mentioned is apparently the same > as the AC power cord for the power supply yo-yo used on titanium > Powerbooks. Now I know where I've seen it before! Many laptops (including my ThinkPad) have AC adapters with "Mickey Mouse" plugs. So it's not a non-standard plug, just not a very common one. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message