haha. the 9 volt didn't last very long (about 5 min) and the OI started doing constant resets after a while (PO5...5...3...2...1...1072...PO5...etc)
after discovering that, we made a quick run to radio shack, found a aligator-clip to car-12v-socket adapter, and a car-socket-adaptor to 9volt Mplug adapter (for about 20 bucks total) hooked em up to a 12volt battery, and used that
anyway, thanks for all your help! =)