[Coco] My introduction - a newbie

[James McKay]

"Marcus Vinicius Garrett Chiado" 
<marcus.chiado at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:45BE4E88.7080705 at gmail.com...

> The voltage for Brazil is 110V and 220V (according to state), and the
> output is Pal-M, which is a variation of the american NTSC. We have the
> same problem down here in Brazil with european Commodores, Amstrads and
> ZX-Spectrums. Fortunately there's this television set made by Philips
> that works with Pal-B and Pal-G as well, so I can easily use my
> Commodore 128D (made in German) with it.

New televisions here can handle NTSC-M in colour but, unfortunately, PAL-M 
is just a bit too exotic for them.

> Well, I guess the shipping amount to UK via air mail is somewhat
> expensive. I just did a simulation here: a package that weighs 1
> kilogram costs 13 pounds via air mail to Great Britain by "economy"
> grade.  If you want the same package faster, it will cost you 25 pounds.
>
> What do you think?

I could go for it, but price would be an issue with my current situation... 
:(

It would have to be a 220/240V CP-400 II (or maybe an original CP 400) 64K 
that worked and all the keys worked - I couldn't ask for one in mint 
condition!

bye,
James McKay.


> James McKay wrote:
>> Let's be nice and say it was oversupply.  :)
>>
>> Ah...  I saw the picture of the CP-400 II, it looks quite good.  *If* I 
>> did
>> get a CP-400 it would probably be a 64K model II, unboxed and possibly
>> grubby.  ;)  It would be for testing rather than collecting.
>>
>> I wonder about the practicality of importing one though...
>>
>> This site:
>> http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm
>>
>> ... says that the voltage for Brazil could be 110V, 127V, 220V or 240V! 
>> The
>> output would be PAL-M, which appears in b&w on my television.  :(
>>
>> And I dread to think what the postage price would be to send it to the 
>> UK...