Re: my thinkpad beefs

["John H. Kim" <jokim@mit.edu>]

On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Eric Trepanier wrote:

> My biggest gripe yet is the incredibly badly engineered AC adaptor
> connector.  Why they came up with this 2 inch horizontal connector is
> beyond me.  I have already had to replace 3 AC units this year, because the
> connector things keeps breaking off at the slightest pressure.  Of all the

If it's the same thing as the 750's connector, there's an RF choke
inside the thing.  Mine broke in half and you could slide the choke up
and down the cord.  I didn't bother getting it fixed until the cable
started to fray near the connector because of the 90 degree turn it
usually made there.  IBM replaced it by shipping me a new AC adapter
overnight so I never really considered it a problem.  (That's why the
AC adapter is new, Howard.  :)

Your cord acts like an antenna and picks up RF signals.  The RF choke
filters much of this out.  Just how useful this is open to question.
--
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