Re: Apple II in the UK?

[spectrumdaddy@nospam.com (Ewen)]

<NJSMason@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your advice, I was wondering about the States myself. Does
> anyone know what the power requirements of an Apple IIe are (current,
> voltage etc)? I can buy a 110->240VAC converter from Maplins here in
> the UK, but:

Any European, or Australasian, Apple II or //e, should have a universal
switched mode power supply, which will operate on voltages from 100-240
volts, and 50-60 cycles.

I think only some US Apples, were made with a fixed voltage power
supply, and that might have mainly been restricted to early Macintoshes.

All Apple IIs were made more or less the same, but the //e had different
flavours, with localised keyboards, and even a different motherboard for
those made outside the US. The extension card slot was put in a
different place on the motherboard.

There will be some Apple IIs still around over here in the UK, but
finding one for sale might be difficult as you have found.

Ewen