At 11:32 AM +0100 8/13/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At 21:27 +0100 on 11/08/02, Phil Beesley wrote: >> >> >> Besides an AppleTalk card, is there anything else worthy of salvage >> >> inside a broken ImageWriter/II? >> > >> >A 220/240V PSU. If you come across one, please let me know. >> >> Were the original ones not auto-switching? > >No -- 120V at 2A. I still can't get my head around Apple's policy on >international PSUs.
Once upon a time I was the hardware weenie on a PC computer project. One of my recurring tasks was to find suitable hardware that would work on 110 and 220VAC. The computers were all 110/220, either manual switched, auto switched or wide range input. UPSes were always voltage specific and I can understand this. But monitors and printers were mostly voltage specific with a few monitors available in dual voltage. While we could and did deal with specifying two parts, one for domestic and one for international we preferred not to. It's easier stocking one part instead of two. It was also a problem because the systems were put together in Chicago and in many cases the 220V models were not available in the this country. A subsidiary in England would buy them, ship them here to be tested and then they would get shipped back to Europe. While in some cases the power supply was voltage specific for good reasons (like wall warts) it wasn't always the case. Some monitors were sold 110V in the US but 110/220 in Europe. The reason I heard was that the European sold monitors cost as much as twice as much as the US version of the monitor. If the US monitors were dual voltage they could be bought in the US and re-sold in Europe on the gray market. So sold such that they couldn't be brought over from the US. I did find at least one monitor that did have 110/220 in the US and since it was otherwise a good monitor I used that model. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
