Re: 110->240 volt conversion

From: William Levak (wlevak_at_cyberspace.org)
Date: 2002-09-27 06:23:59

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, [ISO-8859-1] Marko Mäkelä wrote:

> Most calculators run at a 9-volt battery, which is no problem.  Two of 
> them (the Commodore 202 and 207 adding machines) are mechanical, driven 
> by a single electric motor.  In the 202, there is a capacitor next to 
> the motor; the 207 (a downgraded version of the 202) seems to be 
> equipped with a smaller motor and perhaps no capacitor.  What do you 
> think, could I run these motors somehow off 220 volts?  

Probably not.  The extra voltage would most likely cause the windings to
short.

> 8032-SK case? :-)  Oh, and is the D25F connector inside the SuperPET, on 
> the left-hand side of the daughter board, the RS-232 connector?  I saw a 

Yes

> hole on the left-hand side of the case; maybe you are supposed to run an 
> RS-232 cable to the internal connector through that hole?

On earlier models of the PET, a cassette connector was located on the left
edge of the system board.  The hole was for the cassette cable.  On this
model, it serves no function.


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