17 May
2001
17 May
'01
9:30 p.m.
> > Well, I just got a fabled but seldom seen
Exidy Sorcerer. It has a
> > power supply problem (including the need to be converted back from 220
> > to 110V) but I am working on that.
> I'd rather suggest not to convert it - a
transformer is a way
> more convineant. And maybe someone from a 220V country may find
This is obviously a new definition of
'convenient'. I can't see anything
more convenient about using an external transformer comapared to
resoldering a couple of leads in the PSU.
Yes, I do have a 110V step-down transformer here, for
testing US stuff,
and for running units that can't easily be converted. But most machines
get converted to 240V in the end -- ther worst I've ever had to do was
replace the internal mains transformer. Most of the time it's just moving
links, or resoldering the wires on the primary side of the transformer.
AFAIR you also have to use either 'adaptor plugs - or fit a new pwower
cable, since the Sorcerer had a fixed one. And there is nothing more
stupid in the world of power transmission than these plugs ...
Unless the PS is already switchable and there is a Kaltgeraetestecker
(no idea how these inlet connectors are called in english, where the
power cord is detatchable) I always keep the original condition - for
the short time I play around with a specific unit (seldom more than a
few weeks) a stepdown transformer is a fine solution.
Gruss
H.
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