15 Nov
2002
15 Nov
'02
9 p.m.
Yeah that was just a lazy typer's shorthand for LapTop. I had forgotten that
term. I've got an old tube portable with the 4-pin plug, that used them. Where
the term B voltage came from I believe. You can still get them but they are
very expensive. The battery was likely bigger than this portable itself. I've
thought of using 2 power supplies to see if I could get it working. I've also got
a raft of old tubes(valves--much more descriptive)
Lawrence
Andy Holt wrote:
I seem to remember a huge battery with a four-pin-socket, that you got
HT with your LT, and the HT was 90V. Half the weight of a good old fashioned
radio seemed to be made up of the battery, and it always seemed a very long way
home from the jumble sale (I believe that the over-the-ponders call these
'rummage sales'). At the age of 9 or 10, the sheer size and weight of the radios
meant that you always did something with them after you had fought them into the
house...
Cheers,
Dave.
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
What's a LT battery ?
To me (and, I expect, to Tony) it powers the heaters in a valve (tube to
those across the herring pond) portable radio :-) An almost obsolete term.
In the message you were looking at, it appears to be LapTop (normally a
Nicad)
Andy