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HP Portable Vectra CS

ByrdDog

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I've got one of these sitting next to me as well, though I am also lacking the proper power adapter for it...

I notice that the label on the bottom of the unit is a bit different than mine, most notably lacking the Australian telecom approvals, as well as mine being a "D1001A" rather than "D1009A" The 1001 variant being equipped with dual 1.44Mb floppy drives, and the 1009 having one floppy and a 20Mb HDD

According to the "accessories service manual" I found on the HP Computer Museum the AC adapter should be rated as follows:

Input:
120Vac nominal at 60Hz.
220-240Vac nominal at 50Hz.

29W Typical.

Output:
8.02 to 8.18 Vdc (at 0A, no load).
7.66 to 8.18 Vdc (at2.4A).

Ripple: 0.1 V (p-p) maximum (at 0 to 2.4A).

Current Limit: 2.4 to 2.6A (at 4 to 8.18 Vdc).

The connector itself is a typical type found on most laptops, about 1/4" in diameter with a small pin in the center. I believe (just trying to remember from when I had mine running) that it's center positive. The battery itself is a sealed lead-acid type, 3-cell, 6V battery. These things didn't have a great shelf life, with storage times listed at up to a meager 18 months if fully charged and deactivated, in no warmer than 20C...

How many ports are on the back of that machine? There should be a standard d-sub25 printer port and external monitor (CGA,EGA,MDA depending on hardware setting) in the first bay, probably a blank slot in the second where the HDD controller typically is, then either blanks, RJ-11 (I think) plugs for a modem or 25 and 9 pin d-sub serial ports depending on the options that were included with/added to the system...
 
Thanks for the pic, no unusual extras in that unit, just the standard printer/video ports in slot one and HDD card in slot 2 from the looks of it.

Now I'm wondering how rare the HP-IL card in slot 4 is in my unit like this...
 
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