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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: 50 Hz computing
Message-ID: <1671@ihnss.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Sep-83 18:37:50 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  6 18:37:50 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Sep-83 20:54:25 EDT
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I am posting this response since ARPA's great mail demons seem
unable to follow a path:

I doubt you would have much trouble with 50-cycle AC, provided of course
you sstep down the European 220 V to our 120 (such adaptors are readily
available).  Most home computers derive all timings from the internal crystal
clock, including the 60-Hz vertical TV seep rate, so the AC power line
is not involved.  You might have some overheating o the power transformer
and/or cooling fans, and the fans will run 1/6 slower.
Depending on the size of filter caps in your CRT monitor, you might
get a 10 Hz flicker (slight) on the CRT brightness.
Make sure your disk drive motors are DC (most are these days), not AC,
or your disks will run at 5/6 speed which might wreak all sorts of havoc...
Enjoy your trip -- mike k