From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: US A2000 going to Germany.
Message-ID: <10404@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
Date: 11 Jan 93 12:27:01 GMT
References: <wayne.027d@amtower.spacecoast.org>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
Organization: Commodore Germany
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In article <wayne.027d@amtower.spacecoast.org> wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith writes:
>A friend is moving to Germany next month and will be taking his A2000 system.
>What does he have to do to get the system working there? I know a transformer
>is needed to change the 220V to 110V. But what about the frequency change.
>Will this present a problem?
No. No problem with the frequency. In fact, all the first A1000's we got back
then in '85 were US versions and everyone of us had just a transformer under
his desk. Even most monitors have no problem syncing to 50 Hz, *if* they are
60 Hz capable.
>Also, he is planning on getting a modem. Can he use one from the US or does he
>have to have a special modem for Germany?
Well, huh, legally speaking there is a problem: If the modem is not FTZ
(or ZZF or BTZ) approved, then it's illegal to use it here. Theoretically
they can take his whole equipment (computer included) and throw him in
jail. Not that I know of a concrete case, and there are rumors that this
whole issue is now solved by the new European laws, but the threat is
there.
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