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From: changwoo@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Chang P. Woo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Carrying LC and 12" Color Monitor Abroad
Summary: Voltage and Frequency?
Keywords: LC, abroad
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Date: 24 Mar 91 16:52:50 GMT
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A friend of mine wants to buy a Mac LC and 12" color monitor. However,
in a near future he will move to Hong Kong where different
voltage and frequency are used (220V and 50Hz? Please correct me if I
am wrong).  So the question is: can he use Mac LC and the monitor in
Hong Kong without any modifications?

Voltage problem, I think, is relatively minor. I suppose the voltage
step-down transformer is easy to find, so I don't think buying LC in
the US should matter. However, I am more concerned with the 12" color
monitor; I haven't seen any device that changes the sweep frequency
from 60 Hz to 50 Hz. As an alternative, I suppose he could buy a LC
here and a 50 Hz VGA monitor in Hong Kong later, but he would prefer
not to.

Chang
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Chang P. Woo                                        Chang.P.Woo@dartmouth.EDU