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Mac.
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.
Bargain 'Books
This Week's Best PowerBook Deals
In addition to their individual and company donations, MacResQ will
donate $5 to the American Red Cross for every Ink Bundle sold until
Sept 19th.
- iBook G3/466
refurbished, 64/10 GB/DVD/56k Graphite, $1,129
- iBook G3/500 new,
128/10/DVD, free 128 MB RAM upgrade, $1,499
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.
For more information on donations, visit <http://www.smalldog.com/donate.html>.
