On 10-27-97 Roy J. Tellason wrote to Jim Dunmyer... 
 RJ>  > What I don't understand is why there aren't power supplies that'll  
 RJ>  > work with a 12vdc input.  I have heard of such,  but they don't  
 RJ>  > appear to be out there at a reasonable cost,  compared to the  
 RJ>  > "standard" stuff... 
 RJ>  
 RJ>  JD> Why? I'd guess that there is only a very small demand for 
 RJ>  JD> such a thing.  
 RJ>  
 RJ> You're probably right,  that would seem to account for there not being 
 RJ> the  
 RJ> push toward lower prices that we see in so much else in  
 RJ> this computer stuff... 
They do make them for laptops; but they do not have grounded 
chassis, or good isolation between the inputs and outputs.  I 
build some from scratch that ain't so fussy, because as you note, 
there ain't much demand, so no vendors. 
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