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Originally Posted by dr.ido
Cool, just googled it. Looks like with some effort it could be made to work in all kinds of PC based machines. I'll already thinking about my Toshiba T1000, T1100 and T2100 (original XT version, not the later 486 laptop that reused the model number), though I've got to get them running before I think about upgrades. I've ordered a kit.
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Might be a challenge to get access to the expansion bus to build in the electronics for that... I don't think those had standard I/O ports.
FYI if the problem with those is simply that they no longer turn on... they have a quirk (at least, the 1100+ does, which I was fortunate enough to borrow and explore) in that the battery packs are 4-pin connectors and the presence of the pack is what shorts the input leads from the charger to the power input of the computer (no fancy sense logic there...). If the pack is flat or short it can draw enough power for the system to fail to boot (the power adapter can barely provide enough current to support the machine running). If there is no pack, your system won't boot at all.
To get them running from just a wall-brick you need to therefore have a battery pack minus the batteries, but with the internal wiring intact. I have notes on this somewhere, shoot me a PM if you require more details. I also have disk images of the original 720K Toshiba DOS 3.3 which came with some of the system control utilities for things like display and speed
http://vintagepc.co.nr/site/index.ph...mputers/t1100/ has some pictures, one of which shows the scavenged wiring harness from a battery pack.