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Oh No! More Macs
- Thread starter robin-fo
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@cheesestraws, I've just thought.. lots of British trains have mains sockets. If they had enough power, you'd literally be able to use a compact Mac on a train - how hilarious!It‘s finally time for my own Conquests thread…
Just travelled to western Switzerland to fetch this one:
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My third SE/30!
That’s what the Macintosh Portable is for
I would actually have done that if it were already recapped! I guess a compact Mac doesn‘t draw much more power than a modern laptop charger…
A Mac Plus has a 60W power supply. Mac SE is up to 100W. Mac Classic 76W.
So, I would guess that a Plus or Classic could be powered on a train.
You are not in any of the pictures. Are you sitting in the checked baggage compartment?
I reckon an SE would be just fine too. The uprated PSU was for hard drive / PDS cards.
I'm usually behind the camera if you can't see me in the photo
. I actually haven't seen a luggage van in an SBB train for well over a decade now.
Thanks! I actually didn't even intend to buy it. But nobody has placed a bid beyond CHF 90 so I got it as a surprise...
There were no cards inside and the HD was upgraded in the mid 90s (its head is probably stuck so I can't read any data on it)
First Class too!It‘s finally time for my own Conquests thread…
Just travelled to western Switzerland to fetch this one:
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My third SE/30!
Did you get an AEK in its original box?
@cheesestraws: if you'd like photos of Swiss trains & stations, I can take some for you. We have no car and I am out & about on Swiss trains.
No, it's a US M0116 (even with a sticker of some US computer shop!). A Swiss AEK 1 in original box would be really cool though!
Wow. They are heavy and 2Kms is a good 15 minute walk unencumbered. Well done you!
"Macs on Tracks" for mac/train pictures? Anyone here volunteer at a heritage railway? ;-)
Awesome vibe in these photos with the macs on the train. I wish we had better trains in the US. 
We can take this a bit further. Lots of EVs provide V2L these days (Vehicle to Load), which means you can power mains appliances from an EV (e.g. if you're camping). A Mac Plus takes 60W. A typical modern EV has at least 50kWh of battery, so you could power your Mac Plus from a charged EV for: 833 hours, which is approximately 110 days or 30% of a year. We only have a 22kWh Zoe, so we could only provide 48 days worth (and it doesn't have V2L, so that's a bit moot).
A Mac Plus's CRT is probably taking most of the power, so it's a pity you can't mod a Mac Plus and turn off the CRT completely. No spare VIA pins I think. Is that true? But if you could, then you could write a simple screen saver, let's call it CrtSleeper and reduce the average power consumption even further.
