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From: pgn@usceast.UUCP (Paul Nevai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using a mac in a 220V/50Hz environment
Message-ID: <2534@usceast.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 16:01:35 GMT
References: <1073@pembina.UUCP> <23120@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: pgn@usceast.UUCP (Paul Nevai)
Organization: University of South Carolina, Columbia
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Keywords: portability, power supply



I used a solid state transformer for my Mac in Hungary a couple of years ago. The Mac
blew up. I had to take it to Vienna for a powerboard swap. I've paid 250 bucks for it
(that was hwen the dollar was still strong). What I got was an international power board
good for both 110 and 220 volts.
The funny thing is that back in the states all APPLE guys I contacted denied the existence
of such an international board. Obviously they didn't want people buy up Macs here and
get them fixed in Europe, i.e. they didn't want to loose BIG BUCKS. Anyway, my board is
a regualr APPLE international powerboard.
As far as 50/60Hz goes, both my Mac and Imagewriter worked OK, despite the warning by my
US Apple dealers and other Apple people that the Imagewriter doesn't work properly with
50Hz. It does, of course.