Off topic: generic laptop adaptor?

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On September 22, 2005 21:48, Peter Hiscocks wrote:
> CPUsed has IBM power adaptors.
>
> I took my laptop to Cuba last Christmas, where the line voltage is
> 220V. The adaptor said it could work with 220V, so with some
> trepidation I plugged it into the hotel wall outlet. There was a
> flash and a giant ZZZZAAAAP sound which I'd never heard before, and
> so I yanked out the plug and assumed that the adaptor was dead,
> dead, dead.

Interesting. I have used my ThinkPad A21p with the same adapter in 
Europe with just a different power cord. It is rated for 100V to 
240V.
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Clifford Ilkay
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