24 Jan
2002
24 Jan
'02
8:37 a.m.
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Dave Mabry <dmabry(a)mich.com> wrote:
I tend to refer to the ones that have power cords and sit on the floor as
bricks.
-Toth
I used to have the computer he was referring to
in the original post, a
Zenith MastersPort SX and it's AC adapter was an inline variety. Cords
on both ends. I never would have guessed it being called a wart.
I think that's an extended use of the metaphor - calling any external
transformer a "wall wart", whether it hangs from the wall or has a
short power cord. Personally, I reserve the term only for the type
that fastens up against the wall.