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From: John.Aspden@uk.ac.newcastle (John Aspden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Self configurable power supply in new Mac Classic ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.124336.23671@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Oct 90 12:43:36 GMT
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In article <3484@gmdzi.gmd.de> roh@gmdzi.gmd.de (Peter Rohleder ) writes:
> In the announcement of the new Mac Classic in comp.sys.mac.announce
> you can read following hardware specification:
> 
> - Line voltage: 120 or 240 volts AC, RMS automatically configured
> 
> In the information of the latest TidBits you can read:
> 
>  Runs about 10% faster than the SE; unlike the SE and the SE/30,
>  it doesn't have a universal power supply;
> 
> Which information is right and which information is wrong ?


From the spec sheets for the UK versions of the new Macs, the implication 
is that the Classic and the si don't have the universal supply, whereas 
the LC does.

What would be the reason for this? A definite retrograde step if it is 
true.
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