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At 6:53 PM -0800 11/7/97, Steve Parker wrote: >On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Laurence Larsen wrote: > >> BTW....has anyone tried to use a 701c power supply on a 560 or vice versa? >> They seem interchangeable except for the amps (higher on the power >>transformer >> for the 560). The air/auto transformers for the 560 and 701 are being >>marketed >> as interchangeable but I am loath to use the 560 transformer I have on >>my 701 >> since the amps are different although the rest is the same (which shouldn't >> make a difference....but does on some laptops). > > As long as the power supply can provide at least as much current as the >notebook needs it shouldn't make any difference at all. I work on >aircraft electronics for a living and I'd certainly do it. That's how >current works. The load only draws what it needs. A few designs I have run across rely on the weak power supply as a safety feature. I used a nice stable overrated power supply for a Star printer and on the first paper jam it fried a board. YMMV