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From: bosch@cs.utwente.nl (J. Christian A. Peper)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware,rec.video
Subject: Re: Computer and monitor for 220V/50Hz
Summary: switchable machines
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.132252.20827@cs.utwente.nl>
Date: 27 Nov 90 13:22:52 GMT
References: <499@mephisto.edu>
Sender: Chris Peper
Distribution: comp, nl
Organization: Twente University, Netherlands
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Someone asked a question about switchable PCs/Macs.
Well, I bought one 2 yrs ago while I lived in the US and now I am back in
Holland, and it works great.

What you have to make sure of is to look for a switch on the back (mostly)
of the casing. It should be near the power connection, and should let you
switch between 120/240V. It is a small switch (?) and simply slides from
left to right and vice versa. Some computers also have self-switching
powersupplies, but these will probably out of your budget anyway. You also
might want to check inside the computer, and see what is says on the
powersupply. On mine it says "switchable", which means that YOU (!) have to
set the switch.

About the monitor, this is alittle harder. I looked thru the manuals that
came with it and it said that it needs to be done by "an expert" (I forgot
how they said that...:-) But I couldn't wait for one, so I said 3
hail-mary's and took a screwdriver. Inside there was, on the side, and
printout (you know the EE stuff with gates and diodes etc) and somewhere on
there there was a little jumper that one could set. I set it in the 240V
position, closed it up, prayed to god and turned it on....it worked.
BUT.....You have to make sure, when you buy the monitor, to ask them if it
can be used on 120/240V. (By the way, I had to put know plugs on the power
cords as well...)

 Anyway, you got to remember 2 things:

	- powersupply either switchable or self-switching (locate switch)
	- monitor switchable and read manual. Then open up...

Hope this helps. My system works fine, although the monitor makes a sound
whehn it "fires up". It didn't used to make that sound, but I assume it is
because of the new voltage...


Chris.
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