Notebooks tend to vary wildly...
With that said, most notebooks have an adaptor you can get to run your 
machine through a cigarette lighter.  I see no reason  why you couldn't 
make minor modifications to such an adaptor to achieve what you want :)

Tony Mayer


Dean Kukral wrote:
> I am considering purchasing a higher-end notebook computer.
>
> Two of the applications that I may use it for are digital imaging on and 
> control of my telescope in a remote area.
>
> I would like to know if notebooks, for the most part, all use twelve volt 
> input.  (A transformer plugged into the wall and twelve volts dc entering 
> the computer.)
>
> If this is the case, then I could use the same automobile battery that I use 
> to power the telescope to also power the notebook.
>
> Is this likely to be possible, or do most notebooks use their own unique 
> voltages?  Which brands, if any, are likely to use twelve (or six or 
> eighteen) volts?
>
> TIA,
>
> Dean Kukral 
>
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