linuxcaffe; thinkpad battery life

[Peter L. Peres]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, David J Patrick wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:14, Adam Raymond wrote:
>>
>> Maybe you should have desktops (or laptops) set up at some kind of
>> station,
> No can do; it would inhibit the flexible layout
>>  that way they aren't relying on battery power. Then people
>> that have their own laptops will come to the caffe and use your
>> wireless service. If the battery is such an issue, you might want to
>> consider it.
>
> One strategy is to set up a larger precision DC power supply, and to
> distribute coax drops at conveniant locations. Another approach is to
> have 110v a/c outlets everywhere, but that would require a power supply
> for each laptop.
> djp

You can't run long dc cables to laptops, the voltage drop is going to 
'kill' the idea quickly.

Peter
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