On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:19, FoulDragon@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/1/2004 18.24.50 US Mountain Standard Time, 
> plug-discuss@grueslayer.com writes:
> 
> Might want to see if you can find a second-hand or aftermarket adaptor.  I'd 
> suspect that it would be reasonably cheap, given that power bricks tend to 
> hold little value when divorced from their laptop.
> 
> I note some older laptops used to have the power brick built in.  I'm amazed 
> nobody took it a step further and made the power brick work off of 12-240 
> volts instead of
> 
> I did a quick search, and ebay has several aftermarket ones for my laptop at 
> USD 18 or so.  I doubt you have the same laptop as me, so who knows. 
----
Many Apple PowerBooks have a 100-250v 50/60Hz power supply/brick on a
leash setup. Probably a bunch of other manufacturers do too.

I would suppose that the reason that they don't build the ac/dc
converter into the laptops anymore is to keep the weight & heat out of
the laptop itself. 

Craig