You could buy something called an "inverter".  This converts the 12VDC
directly to AC voltage

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From: Michael Beechey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 8:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] 12Volt?


Here's a unique request for the members of this list who have experience as
electricians.

I would like to donate a computer to an experimental school (with lots of
initiative and no money) in the country, here in Bolivia. They have no
electricity
in this village (or the majority). I need to think about how to interface an
older
IBM 286, which has a 200W power supply and a VGA monitor with the 12 V
source that would be available from a car battery or possibly a solar panel.
I
understand that laptop parts are more expensive, and there is no AC source
to
charge those batteries. I would like to adapt existing parts on the IBM, if
possible.

Ideas?


Michael Beechey, a Canuck in Sucre, Bolivia
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