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From: robt@mummy.agsm.unsw.oz.au (Rob Trevor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Classic cheap Power Supply...
Message-ID: <903@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au>
Date: 22 Oct 90 23:55:40 GMT
References: <1990Oct21.133816.14088@slhisc.uucp>
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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...         
> 
> Do any of our European friends out there know if the Classics sold there
> come with universal power supplies, or do they have little "220V" 
stickers
> on the back?  (I had heard a rumor of 110-240 on european ones).
> 

Take a look inside...my understanding (from Apple Aus) is that a 'bit of 
magic' applied to the power supply will change it from 240v to 110v (and 
back) -- at least on the ones produced for the Australian market.  So its 
not 'auto-switching', but it is 'switchable', at least by a technician!



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