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Re: Using Japanese computer outside Japan?

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From: pete doctor
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00
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Gilles Poitras wrote in message ...
>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/

i used an amiga in holland with no problems. i had to use both an adapter
plug & a voltage converter.

pd
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Subject: Re: Using Japanese computer outside Japan?
Date: 1997/12/24
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