Boeing's Connexion announcement

Mike Hughes mike at smashing.net
Sun Oct 15 20:04:33 UTC 2006


Scott W Brim wrote:
> Excerpts from Owen DeLong on Sun, Oct 15, 2006 08:14:48AM -0700:
>> This may be a nit, but, you will _NEVER_ see AC power at any
> 
> In addition to all of the offered AC services others have mentioned,
> some planes have power outlets for vacuum cleaners, typically behind a
> small panel next to a door.

ISTR, these AC sockets are "airplane flavour" 115VAC @ 400Hz.

Use at your own peril, though I know at least one person who did run a 
Powerbook off one, and it survived (though I'm told that the PSU ran 
quite hot).

Mike



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