Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!gatech!ncsuvx!ccvr1!bill From: bill@ccvr1.uucp (William S. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Computer to Africa Keywords: IBM Message-ID: <3623@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 9 Aug 89 20:56:53 GMT References: <1865@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu Reply-To: bill@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (William S. Smith) Organization: NCSU Computing Center Lines: 12 In article <1865@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> dd2u@hudson.acc.virginia.edu (drucker david) writes: > The monitor however must first be plugged into a step down >transformer and then into the 220 power supply. You should also check to see if the monitor sweep rate is generated from the frequency of the incoming power. Modern units shouldn't depend on the input frequency, but you should check before you leave. You will probably want to declare the whole system and provide the appropriate serial numbers to the customs officials on arrival. Some places are particularly troublesome when you try to leave with a unit not declared when you arrived.