[sci.electronics] voltage converters

wolf@polya.Stanford.EDU (Michael E. Wolf) (04/22/89)

Hello,

I was wondering if there were any quick, well known answers to the
following question.  My father is considering purchasing a portable
word processor, but he would like to be able to use it both here
and in Europe.  The ones that do what he wants in the appropriate
price range are designed to handle only US or european power, not
both.  Furthermore, one company has advised him that standard voltage
converters will not work on their equipment.

Has anyone come up against this problem?  Are there any super-duper
converters that will convert a current correctly, or any other
work-arounds?  (I realize some machines do run on either -- he just
hasn't found one that does, and also does what he wants, in the
price range of interest.)

Thanks,

Michael

P.S. I don't normally read sci.electronics, so could you please
send replies to me?  If there is demand, I will post (or send to
those interested) a summary.