It is of interest to me :o)) Thanks! Regards Lil ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Lil Cruz" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:19 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Back online Very interesting....Rio huh <G> You ought to take a look at the Yahoo group called Globechatters.........you might find it fun. Let me know if it's of interest to you. Regards from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio - Scottsdale, Arizona ----------------------------------------------- Monday, 4/4/2005, @ 11:17:39 PM EST ----------------------------------------------- "Exceptions always outnumber rules." ==================|:o:|================== On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:27:31 -0300, Lil Cruz wrote: | <G> I should say that we moved to back to Brazil from the UK | where we lived for 23 years. We decided to bring back all our | belongings including our electrical appliances which are 220v | (long story, but was to our advantage) as used in Europe. Here | in Brazil, the area we live in is 110v (some cities have switched | to 220v) but we do have 220v (triphase) coming into our power | box, so we were able to to rewire the house without much trouble. | As to the dual voltage power supply, I do not live in a town but | up in the mountains outside Rio... not that many computer supply | stores around here so had to order one! | | Lil | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:29 PM | Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Back online | | | Fascinating! I've never seen a power supply that didn't have a | 110v/220v switch on the back. but then again, I live in the US. | | And I would love to know why you rewired the whole house for | 220v, unless you live in an area that uses 220v as the default | voltage. (And then why wasn't the house wired that way to begin | with?) | | Just curious. | | Tom | | Lil Cruz wrote: | | Hi everyone, | | | | I am back online after nearly 4 weeks without a computer... | | We had a very bad thunder storm which fried my power | | supply, modem and network card. As my computer is 220v and | | here everything is 110v it took me a while to find | | | a | | dual voltage power supply (we rewired the whole house for | | 220). I feel | | | very | | proud because I was able to do all the hardware by myself | | and get everything working also :o)) All I needed was to | | have the broadband tech come reconfigure the network card | | coz I had no clue how to go about it! | | | | Sorry if I didn't reply to messages, including one from | | Chris regarding | | | the | | downloading in Windows. Just wanted to say that your tip | | worked, Chris, thanks a million :o)) | | | | Regards, | | | | Lil | | | -- | No virus found in this outgoing message. | Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. | Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: | 4/1/2005 | | -- | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk | | -- | <Please delete this line and everything below.> | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk