Compaq

On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Max Eskin wrote: Bragging about Compaqs -- that's an interesting concept. Kind of like being proud of pimples. Compaq is the leader in three areas of portable design: the world's most fragile portables, the world's least ergonomic portables, and the world's weirdest and largest variety of proprietary power connectors. The power adapter is pretty hard to find, compared to finding a thrown-away LTE Lite. I've never seen the connector available as a standard part. You can also power the thing from the proprietary bus connector, so you might have an easier time finding a cheap docking station to power/charge than finding/making an A/C adatper. Another alternative is a cool briefcase made for insurance adjusters that was custom designed for the LTE Lite, and has an A/C plug in the briefcase. You can get them for around $30 from Halted: http://www.halted.com/ BTW, I need the flex cable that connects to the display of an LTE Lite. I'll trade a battery for one. -- Doug