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From: bob@uel (Bob Duncanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga tried to go Europe :-)
Message-ID: <682@uel>
Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 06:47:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 10 06:47:02 1987
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> > I am in the process of buying a computer. The real problem
> > seems to be the power supply. I am going to be in the US
> > for a couple of years, then I will go back to Denmark.
> > 
> > Have anyone tried to rebuild a US-Amiga into an Amiga that
> > can handle 220V and 50hz. The hz seems to be the real problem
> > for most monitors and printers, the voltage can be handled with
> > a powerfull enough transformer.

I have been using my USA-origin Amiga on England for over a year
on a 220-110 volt step down transformer that also powers a dot matrix
printer and an external 5.25" disk drive.  The line frequency causes
no apparent problems.
-- 
Bob Duncanson
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