Date   : Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:37:23 -0600
From   : "Rick Galbraith" <rick_galbraith@...>
Subject: Re: Running U.K. beeb on U.S. power "af8Gg01zXrl3k6yy32OtE9Q11v"

In reply to your question:

Date sent:             Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:19:38 -0800 (PST)
From:                  Angus Duggan <angus@...>
To:                    bbc-micro@...
Subject:               [BBC-Micro] Running U.K. beeb on U.S. power

>... I will soon be shipping my remaining effects
>from the U.K. to the U.S., and will ship my beebs if I can make them work
>over here (so I can play Elite-A, of course!)

>I'll can probably get a transformer to convert 110v to 250v, does anyone
>know what other issues I'll have with 60Hz rather than 50Hz power? Will I
>be able to use a U.K. monitor on 60Hz (Microvitec Cub or equivalent).

There should be no problem, as the voltages are mostly reconverted in
your machines to direct current.

If any of your power supplies have cooling fans, the fans may speed up a bit
because of the higher frequency of the power. Other than that, no change.

For any further questions, go to www.comspec.com
(or is that www.comspec.ca ?).  They were the Canadian importer or whatever,
and they still had some BBC Micros unsold, if you wanted to pay the price.
They weren't going at garage-sale prices, either.

Rick





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