From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 19:16:44 EST
With a three year warranty, who cares?
I have found in the past that if an adaptor was not adequate (this does seem
to happen with Toshibas on occasion) it will start buzzing and hissing at
you pretty soon.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dominique Pivard <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: 56W vs. 72W A/C adapter
> Here you see! This is exactly what I meant when I talked about
> contradictory statements on the question: for every scientifically
> argumented explanation (I happened to receive a private answer from a
> physicist that made much sense to me) that one shouldn't use an AC adapter
> with a lower wattage than what the device is rated for, there always seem
> to be someone for whom it empirically works ...
>
> So what may be the consequences for Bruce's 56W adapter and/or T20, if he
> continues to use them together? Perhaps it's like smoking on your health,
> you don't see the results until later on ...
>
> Thanks, Dominique
>
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 at 06:57 PM you, "Bruce Markowitz"
> <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>, said:
>
> >Baloney! I'm using one right now!
> >With IBM, generally if the plug fits, the adaptor is OK
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Tom Franklin <tom_at_franklin.to>
> >To: <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
> >Cc: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
> >Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:10 PM
> >Subject: Re: 56W vs. 72W A/C adapter
>
> >> Your statements below are correct. 72 watts of power is fine for any
of
> >those machines, but you couldn't use the 56 watt model for the T2x. >
> >> BTW: What price did you find for the power supply?
>
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