[sdiy] magsafe patch cables?

[Tom Wiltshire]

There is a magsafe version of the 1/4" jack available, but (like  
someone already guessed) it isn't cheap:

http://gizmodo.com/5024028/belkin-breakfree-macbook-magsafe-cable-for- 
your-guitar

For a while, Maplin electronics in the UK stocked magnetic connectors  
from a company called Magtrix, but both they and their connectors  
seem to have disappeared. All I could find of them (apart from  
obsolete references on business directory sites) is:

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2003090321

This looks to be a 2003 patent application, withdrawn in 2006. I  
expect Apple's lawyers jumped on them.

T.



On 23 Mar 2009, at 03:12, David Ingebretsen wrote:

> The power connector is held in place by a magnet. There is no "male/ 
> female" connection in the traditional sense. There are two  
> "buttons" on the laptop and two buttons on the end of the cord on a  
> small squarish connector. I don't know if there are two magnets or  
> one magnet and a small piece of iron, but when you bring the  
> connector buttons close to the laptop buttons, they snap together.
>
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Matthew Smith
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> Subject: Re: [sdiy] magsafe patch cables?
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> By the way, for those of us who don't come into contact with Apple
> hardware (other than my eyeProd,) what's Magsafe?
>
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