Re: Audrey Battery Solution?

["Steve ][" <sc-ii@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reponse. I had seen the 2001 question on the
linux-hacker board, and a few other posts elsewhere on the web, but I
had never seen a clear HOWTO or site that simply sells a solution.

The Audrey isn't the first luggable item that needs power, so I
figured there was something out there. I really don't have the skills
to work power pinouts and etc. What would a 6v motorcycle battery look
like, and how would that itself be charged? See, I am a lightweight.
:)


I have recently hunted around presentation equipment companies for
solutions (eg something that would extend a laptop's power without
having to swap batteries) and still come up dry.

Hmmm..


On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:16:54 -0400, Lewis Gardner
<lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Steve ][ wrote:
>>
>> Posting here because this is the closest thing I could find to an
>> Audrey newsgroup.
>
>Try these:
>http://www.audreyhacking.com/
>http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowBoard&Board=3Com_Audrey&Idle
>
>
> > I am using a 3COM Audrey. I would like to take it to the back yard or
> > the middle of the living room without having to run a long AC cable to
> > it. Can anyone recommend any battery solutions? I don't just mean an
> > Audrey battery pack (since I don't think they exist); something like a
> > UPS that I could charge from an outlet and then let the Audrey power
> > from it for n hours would be good.
>
>The stock power supply puts out 3.3@xxxxxxx and 5.0@2Amps. You could
>power it for a while on something like a 6v motorcycle battery using
>some voltage regulators to drop the voltage.
>
>Here is the pinout:
>http://bloodyeck.com/projects/audrey/AudreyPinout.jpg
>
>Your question asked in 2001:
>http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=3Com_Audrey&Post=427&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=
>
>
>I just noticed you found the I-Appliance BBS (linux-hacker.net). But I
>will post this anyway...