The UK's voltage, at 230-240v, is different from that in the USA (110-120v), but
close enough to Continental Europe's 220v.
British kettles boil more slowly in Germany though ;-)
You can buy small transformers which will enable you to use a US machine in the
UK (I did for ages with an Atari colour monitor); even the different AC
frequencies don't matter (50 vs 60 Hz). But what excuse do any manufacturers of
consumer electronics machines for not putting in voltage- and frequency-tolerant
power supplies? Apple Macs have done so for at least 7 years.
Chris
~~ ><>
Chris Barker
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>From: "Keith (R.K.) Berry" <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] Film Scanners
>Date: 22 Oct 1999 00:30
>
>
>
> Nick Smoliga wrote:
>
>>In the USA, the SCSI version is available via the Internet, but you have to
>>look. Can't you buy it via the net from off-shore?
>>
> Thanks Nick, but it (the ES-10) must use a transformer of some kind and the
> problem is that the UK's voltage is different from either the US or the rest
> of Europe.
>
> Regards,
> Keith Berry (Birmingham, England)
> keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://homepages.which.net/~k.berry
>
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