sattlerc@cell.mot.COM (Chris Sattler) (03/07/90)
I'm being relocated to the United Kingdom for 1 year and I'd like to take my Amiga 2000 (B2000) with me. My question is what do I have to do to get it to work over there? I know there has been a lot of talk lately about the differences between the European and the American versions of the Amiga, but lately it's been mostly flames. Could anyone summerize the useful info and mail it to me? Specific questions I have are: 1) Does the power supply have any internal options to get it to accept either 120v/60Hz or 240V/50Hz or does Commodore use two different power supplies in the two models? 2) I have a 1084 monitor. Can I run this on a transformer even if the computer itself is converted to run on 240V/50Hz or will I have grounding problems? I have the same problem with my printer. 3) Do I have to replace any of the chips inside to get PAL mode, if I buy a new monitor over there? 4) Are any dual voltage monitors available which have more features than the 1084? In other words if I have to buy a new monitor, are there any available that I could use when I come back to the States, and do they have any features (eg higher resolution modes) to make their cost more attractive? 5) Would I just be better off running everything off of a transformer?