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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Experiences Travelling with a Mac SE/30.
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Date: 2 Oct 90 07:31:58 GMT
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rdd@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett) writes:
>If you don't have an
>SE/30, remember a transformer if you're travelling internationally.

Not true.  All Mac models more recent than the Plus (i.e. anything in a white 
as opposed to a platinum or beige case) are self-voltage-adjusting.  It says so
on the plate on the back of the machine.

  Here's one possibly interesting method of transporting a compact Mac
(hard drive, board in slot): recently I had to do two connecting Pan Am Express
flights on a De Havilland Canada Dash-7 commuter turboprop (seating 40 or so -
it's in the single-steward category).  On the first one, I was very late for
check-in but the steward at the gate took one look at the Mac and decreed that
it would be checked in.  Turns out that both the overhead bins and the space
under the seats were too small.  On the second flight, however, I stowed it
between the cushion of the seat next to me and the seat in front of it.  The
Mac was very tightly secured and I doubt that anything short of a barrel-roll
(which I thought we were going to make -- there was some serious turbulence)
could dislodge it.  If I ever have to take a turboprop again (hope not),
I'm definitely going to carry the Mac on board.  The first time around, when
I checked it in, it took 40 minutes to come off the conveyor belt (after
a 50-minute flight).

  I have an extended keyboard which wouldn't fit in the standard SE-sized
bag.  I solved this problem by stuffing it into the bottom compartment of
my overnight bag.  The latter's fabric stretched a bit, but it was much more
comfortable carrying the keyboard that way than sticking out of the Mac sack.

Still, the Mac's weight was quite painful after even a short while.  Maybe
FedExing it ahead wouldn't be such a bad idea... :-)

Boris Levitin
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