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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:35:08 -1000, David Ross wrote: >>My family is traveling to Paris & London in a couple of months, and >>we're planning to take our two TP560's. What considerations are there >>for power converters, recharging batteries, etc? > >Your adapter will work fine on 240/50 current, but you'll need plug >converters because the UK and French wall sockets are shaped differently than >those in the US. (Question for European listers: is there a common >plug/socket specification part of the European Union?) You can buy fairly >universal kits for $10-$20 at drugstores, department stores, radio shacks, >etc here, or you can wait until you're there. > I'm sure that an electronics store there would have a local plug -> IEC cord that fits in the AC adapter. >BTW, when I misplaced my converter last time I was in England I just used >recharged the machine in the bathroom; UK shaver outlets have US-spec >sockets. > Just don't let it fall in the sink/tub. <g> >For your modem you'll need a different plug converter, and you'll need to >tell the modem not to try to recognize dial tones/rings/busy signals etc >(unless you have something like the IBM 'International' modem.) > And sometimes it has to be approved to work in that specific country, too. I suggest looking at your modem's manual (as dumb as that sounds). >> I know hotel phones are >>quite expensive; where else might we be able to use a phone line to send >>& download e-mail (Admiral's Club at the airports comes to mind, where >>else?) > >Cybercafes are reasonably common and cheap in cities in England and Scotland. > Do Cybercafes offer any OS/network config. to hook up? -- Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org (If you get an error, then the server is not online) Current system statistics: The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 22 Processes with 82 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 22h 48m 13s 718ms.