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From: 4526P@NAVPGS.BITNET ("LT Scott A. Norton, USN")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Taking my Amigas to Japan
Message-ID: <8802050159.AA11570@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 88 00:49:05 GMT
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In a few months, I'll be moving to Yokosuka, Japan, to my next shipboard
assignment, and I'll be taking my two Amigas along.  The A1000 will
live onboard ship, and the B2000 will be at home.( That's why _I_ thought
the buyback deal was a good one! )

Onboard ship power is US flavor, 60 Hz 110V, but in Japan it is 50 Hz, and
I think 220 Volt.  Of course, I'll need a transformer to step down the
voltage, but what I am worrying about is the effect of the 50 Hz on timing.
Is this when I should shift the B2000's clock from LINE to VSYNC?  Are
there any other effects that 50 Hz power will have?

I'm not planning on trying to change the video output from NTCS to whatever
Japan has ( basically NTSC line count, but a larger bandwidth, I'm told ).
Both Amigas will stay paired with 1080 and 2002 monitors.

Also, can anyone give me advice on packing the systems so they will make
the trip safely?  I'm particulary concerned about the hard disk in the B2000.
I didn't tell prep to park the heads, so is the now anyway to manually
park them?  A DOS packet I could send to the hard disk driver, maybe,
to seek to track 70000? (I've got the A2090 controller )

Please mail any recommendations to:

LT Scott A. Norton, USN
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5018
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