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From: 1jam on 3 Jul 2010 16:01
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/licensing/instaloadoverview.mspx
>
> this is brilliant, takes a bit of reading to understand how it works,
> but it allows batteries to be inserted into any gear either way around.
>
> all done in the connection contacts, no circuitry involved.
>
> Cheers Don...
>


Does this really arouse you guys? heh, I guess its a good idea, though I
wonder about inline battery holders w/ 2 or more batteries inline..

DOS came from CPM
Windows came from.. debatable
XBox came from PlayStation
Zune came from iPod
Bing came from google,
and so on..

but, for once microsoft research comes up with an original!! er, wait.. lets
not forget 9V batteries have had this 'technology' from day 1.
From: Joe Pfeiffer on 3 Jul 2010 17:48
1jam <com(a)example.net> writes:
>
> but, for once microsoft research comes up with an original!! er, wait.. lets
> not forget 9V batteries have had this 'technology' from day 1.

No, 9V batteries are designed so that can't be inserted backwards. This
lets you insert either way and it still works.
--
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;
and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)
From: John Tserkezis on 3 Jul 2010 19:24
1jam wrote:

> Does this really arouse you guys? heh, I guess its a good idea, though I
> wonder about inline battery holders w/ 2 or more batteries inline..


> Windows came from.. debatable

Came from Apple, which came from Xerox.

Everyone steals from everyone else. Only time you hear about it is
during large patent suits when whoever is making the *least* bucks, but
has the most lawyers, tries to make more bucks.

If everyone makes money, no-on cares.

> but, for once microsoft research comes up with an original!! er, wait.. lets
> not forget 9V batteries have had this 'technology' from day 1.

Not in the same vein, but polarity protection devices to ensure nothing
happens if you insert the batteries the wrong way around (no protruding
nipple on the positive side) have been around for many years.
This idea relies on the same thing.

The biggest fail I've seen is one of these on a battery charger. Where
the nipples on my D size cells were "flatter" than ordinary builds.
Which is typical for many NiCds/NiMHs.
So I removed the positive metal tabs on the charger, and soldered thick
wire stubs to the termainals so they protrude through the "protection"
plastic shrouds.
If I see this nowadays, I automatically do this, even when new. This
way, some time in the future when I try to use a NiMH with flat nipples,
I just plug it in and trust it works without being stuck.




I think "InstaLoad" is going to be another massive fail, because when
the user starts to use batteries with smaller positive nipples, they're
going to pick the tabs out with paper clips trying to make it work.
Frustrated because there's no spring at the end to take up the new
protruding centre, they're going to mangle it more.
Then throw it away, and buy something after demanding they look at the
battery compartment first.

Not to mention the minor problem of NiCds/NiMhs with flat tabs melting
down right after inserting them into your newfangled whooptydo InstaLoad
device.

Can I be the first to call it InstaCrap?
From: Mr.T on 7 Jul 2010 00:33

"1jam" <com(a)example.net> wrote in message
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http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/licensing/instaloadovervi
ew.mspx
> DOS came from CPM
> Windows came from.. debatable

Xerox PARC, via Apple OS.

MrT.


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