kasper@su-russell.ARPA (Kasper Osterbye) (08/28/87)
I am in the process of buying a computer. The real problem seems to be the power supply. I am going to be in the US for a couple of years, then I will go back to Denmark. Have anyone tried to rebuild a US-Atari into an Atari that can handle 220V and 50hz. The hz seems to be the real problem for most monitors and printers, the voltage can be handled with a powerfull enough transformer. For those who will suggest I buy a Mac SE - I know that it has a "smart" power supply, but the Mac printers don't either. Anyone has some good suggestions. I could sell the whole thing again in some years - but... - Kasper ARPA: kasper@stanford.csli.edu UUCP: kasper@su-russell.uucp Or just reply to the net, as Im real interested in an answer.
ljdickey@water.UUCP (09/03/87)
In article <344@su-russell.ARPA> kasper@su-russell.UUCP (Kasper Osterbye) writes: >I am in the process of buying a computer. The real problem >seems to be the power supply. I am going to be in the US >for a couple of years, then I will go back to Denmark. > >Has anyone tried to rebuild a US-Atari into an Atari that >can handle 220V and 50hz. The hz seems to be the real problem >for most monitors and printers, the voltage can be handled with >a powerfull enough transformer. I am reminded of a Volker Craig VC415 APL terminal that I had about 10 years ago. It was manufactured for both the north american and the european markets. The excellent manual explained that to convert from 110v to 220v, one could cut a certain bus wire and put in another on the clearly marked place on one of the circuit boards. Similar change for 50, 60hz. I wonder how the Atari handles this problem? The manual, sadly, says nothing on the subject. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UUCP ljdickey%water@waterloo.CSNET ljdickey%water%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET UUCP: ...!watmath!water!ljdickey