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Article #25690Re: Using a mac in a 220V/50Hz environment
From: Paul Nevai
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 16:01
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 16:01
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I used a solid state transformer for my Mac in Hungary a couple of years ago. The Mac blew up. I had to take it to Vienna for a powerboard swap. I've paid 250 bucks for it (that was hwen the dollar was still strong). What I got was an international power board good for both 110 and 220 volts. The funny thing is that back in the states all APPLE guys I contacted denied the existence of such an international board. Obviously they didn't want people buy up Macs here and get them fixed in Europe, i.e. they didn't want to loose BIG BUCKS. Anyway, my board is a regualr APPLE international powerboard. As far as 50/60Hz goes, both my Mac and Imagewriter worked OK, despite the warning by my US Apple dealers and other Apple people that the Imagewriter doesn't work properly with 50Hz. It does, of course.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!hao!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!usceast!pgn From: pgn@usceast.UUCP (Paul Nevai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Using a mac in a 220V/50Hz environment Message-ID: <2534@usceast.UUCP> Date: 26 Feb 88 16:01:35 GMT References: <1073@pembina.UUCP> <23120@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: pgn@usceast.UUCP (Paul Nevai) Organization: University of South Carolina, Columbia Lines: 12 Keywords: portability, power supply