knut@sdsu.UUCP (Knut B. Haaland) (11/29/88)
Taking home my UNIX PC to Norway - 220 V
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Does anybody know if there exists special adaptors converting from
110V to 220V for computers?
(my cousin took home an Amiga 500 from the US and before he realized that he
had to buy a different external power supply he blew some fuses trying an
adapter for electrical equipment (the unixpc has no external power supply))
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Does anybody know if there is a "Norwegian" unix version so you can get the
three extra letters displayed on the screen ?
(my Epson LX-800 gives me them on [,] and \ with the right pin setting.)
Thanks in advance for any response.
Knut
PS: My clock process (smgr) keeps on dying every now and then, wonder why?
(I have System V 3.51)
In USA (addresses until Dec. 31, 1988):
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------------------------------------------------------------------logan@vsedev.VSE.COM (James Logan III) (11/30/88)
In article <3287@sdsu.UUCP> knut@sdsu.UUCP (Knut B. Haaland) writes:
#Does anybody know if there exists special adaptors converting from
#110V to 220V for computers?
#
I'm no electronics expert, but it seems to me that if they use 60
HZ in Norway, you can just buy a trasformer with a 2:1 winding
ratio that's hefty enough to handle the wattage drawn by your
machine.
-Jim
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inet: logan%vsedev.vse.com@uunet.uu.netsar@datcon.UUCP (Simon A Reap) (12/03/88)
In article <1259@vsedev.VSE.COM> logan@vsedev.VSE.COM (James Logan III) writes: >In article <3287@sdsu.UUCP> knut@sdsu.UUCP (Knut B. Haaland) writes: >#Does anybody know if there exists special adaptors converting from >#110V to 220V for computers? >I'm no electronics expert, but it seems to me that if they use 60 >HZ in Norway, you can just buy a trasformer with a 2:1 winding >ratio that's hefty enough to handle the wattage drawn by your >machine. All you need is the right voltage - my (U.S.) UnixPC copes quite happily with (U.K.) 50Hz with just a plain, big, 300 Watt transformer, bought for 20 pounds, sterling. Be wary of little adapters sold to power travellers' electric razors and so on. I tried one and, even though it had enough power, the output was so dirty that it managed to blow the top off one of the capacitors in the PC's internal power supply board! (VERY noisy and not a little worrying, finding little bits of aluminium spread all over the innards of one's favourite toy!) -- Enjoy, yerluvinunclesimon Opinions are mine - my cat has her own ideas Reach me at sar@datcon.co.uk, or ...!mcvax!ukc!pyrltd!datcon!sar