I flew across the country with my archos 70, which is pretty cool so far, except I left the AC adapter at home in a boneheaded move...

anyone have access to the adapter who could tell me what the voltage, ampergae, and polarity is? It would be greatly appreciated!

The best I can gather comes from this page here: https://store.archos.com/power-batteries-ci-30.html

They say the power adapter is AC/DC 5V 1.6A. Take a look yourself

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