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Re: Using Japanese computer outside Japan?

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From: Gilles Poitras
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00
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In article <67qafd$99@knot.queensu.ca>, Steve Frampton
<3srf@qlink.queensu.FOOBAR.ca> wrote:

> The questions:  Will a computer designed to work in Japan still be usable
> in a foreign country?  Are there adapters available that will cleanly
> convert the different power levels?  Or should we be looking into a laptop
> model instead?

Macintoshes don't have trouble with power supplies in other countries so
you should be able to find a Windows machine out there that adapts to a
broadrange of power standards. Plug adapters may be necessary tho'.

-- 
Gilles Poitras
http://www.sirius.com/~cowpunk/
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From: cowpunk@sirius.com (Gilles Poitras)
Subject: Re: Using Japanese computer outside Japan?
Date: 1997/12/24
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