>I did discover that the EmPower system is designed to sustain your >existing PowerBook charge, and will not charge your battery while >plugged in. Right. The more expensive adapters have a transformer that ups the voltage, and they will recharge. Is what I've been told. I have a "Lind" adapter which comes with 2 different kinds of plugs -- it seems American uses a different system from everyone else -- and it works fine for me. -- Victor Eijkhout <eijkhout at cs.utk.edu>, 329 Claxton, Comp Sci, UT, Knoxville TN 37996. tel: 865 974 9308 (W), 865 673 6998 (H), 865 974 8296 (F) http://www.cs.utk.edu/~eijkhout/