3rd September 2003, 2:07 PM
Think a bit harder about it. The linkup on both systems could be designed to actually power the GB through the link cable. Or, since all future GBs will be using rechargeble batteries, just plug the GB into the wall.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)