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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Classic cheap Power Supply...
Message-ID: <1990Oct22.234445.3694@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Oct 90 23:44:45 GMT
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In article <31501@netnews.upenn.edu>, hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes:
|> In article <1990Oct21.133816.14088@slhisc.uucp> ken@slhisc.uucp (Ken Stamm) writes:
|> >AARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!
|> >Just saw a Mac Classic...  Apple does it again by NOT giving it a
|> >universal (110V - 240V) power supply.  The one I saw had a cute little
|> >"110V" sticker on the back.  Apple person when asked claimed this was done
|> >to keep the cost low.  Thanks guys...         
|> ...
|> According to a tech I spoke to at Computer Era in NYC the other day,
|> the Classic power supply is Jumper configurable for different
|> voltages.  Ie. a tech has to open up the power supply and change
|> a jumper to allow it to operate on the other voltage.
|> 
|> I have no idea if this is the truth, but at least it would be better than 
|> having to swap the power supply.   Note that the supply is rated for a range
|> of frequencies from 47-63Hz (or there abouts).

Well, better than nothing, I suppose. Does anyoen out there actually _know_?
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu