On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:39:36 GMT, "Gordon Wedman"
wrote:

You are not going to be able to use a cheap, run-of-the-mill desktop
straight from 12v DC power. Inside there is a power supply that produces
several different voltages used by the PC. Your only alternative is to use
an inverter.

There are some 12 volt power supplies that can be used in place of the
standard AC supplies in most desktop machines - but they may cost more
than a suitable inverter.


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There are some 12 volt power supplies that can be used in place of the
standard AC supplies in most desktop machines - but they may cost more
than a suitable inverter.

OK

Well it sounds like that maybe rather than "swimming
upstream" one should go ahead and just buy/use laptop
PCs

Im not really a big fan of laptops cause they cant be
serviced easily, etc..... but sometimes I guess one
cant fight the economies of scale of some things such
as laptop production and prices.

So....sounds like it just best to use laptops on sail
boats and such cause they are cheaper, use low power
components, etc

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:00:54 -0500, something compelled
, to say:

So....sounds like it just best to use laptops on sail
boats and such cause they are cheaper, use low power
components, etc

That is all true. And you can take it ashore to connect it to
your broadband Internet connection to download software or upload
files to your website. Or you can just take it ashore so nobody
steals the damm thing.