bill@contex.UUCP (Bill Phillips) (02/23/90)
A friend of mine is going to Germany for a year, and is planning to take
his PC (a Fountain XT) along. He wants to know what kind of voltage
convertor he will need, and whether he should buy it in New York or
in Berlin (which he would prefer).
His departure date has been moved up to within a very few weeks, so
I'd greatly appreciate it if you would MAIL me any responses (as_well_as|
instead_of posting).
I'd also like to help him find some kind of (free|cheap) way of sending
email back to the states. Usenet would be fine. If you know of any
possibilities, please let me know.
Thanks much!
bill
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Bill {aka William F} Phillips | uunet!contex!bill | [also wfp@well.sf.ca.us]
Systems Development Group | Xyvision Design Systems | Wakefield, MA, USA
*PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF NEW ADDRESS* "Two thoughts with but a single mind."(tm)grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) (02/24/90)
In article <985@contex.UUCP> bill@contex.UUCP (Bill Phillips) writes: > >A friend of mine is going to Germany for a year, and is planning to take >his PC (a Fountain XT) along. He wants to know what kind of voltage >convertor he will need, and whether he should buy it in New York or >in Berlin (which he would prefer). > Most converters are for resisitive devices (lights, hair dryers) and DO NOT put out a sine-wave voltage, which is what most electronic equipment likes to see. The majority of the converters use a 1/2 wave rectifier, which gives 1/2 the RMS AC voltage. You will get a "zap, sizzle, and fry" if you put one of these on a PC. Why not just flip the voltage selector to '220/240', and get a spare line cord here, chop-off the end, and buy a plug in Germany & install it on the butchere cord. Every PC I've seen has a voltage selector switch on the power supply.