[Duo2400] Using American Duos in Europe

Tue Jul 27 13:43:06 PDT 2004

Hi Fabian,

I  am listening to Otis reading, having a beer, lamenting the few duos 
on eBay, all of poor quality, more or less. I spoke with a very nice 
man via email, he had a great system for sale on ebay, his name is 
Kevin J. Krandall. A very decent person, you get the feel after a few 
emails. From what he told me, quote "At this point in time, any PC 
under 700Mhz or any G3 Mac or lesser Mac is discarded, given to a 
recyclers that melts all the stuff down to get the precious metals". 
It's a very sad state of affairs, as you may agree. Any way, I was 
unable to purchase the system from him at the moment. My wife is on 
vacation. Since I live in Poland and do not speak the language, I am 
unable to take care of any of the finances. This is all up to wife 
primarily.

She may be back in a few days or at most in a couple of weeks.

About the duo you are willing to part with, but first a little about me.

My first macintosh was a mac IIx, man that was an impressive computer 
at the time. I loved it. I gave that to my friend. My second mac was 
years later, with the imac. It's funny, I haven't owned that many macs. 
The imac went to a single parent's daughter for $50. Her daughter wants 
to learn DTP. I kept her from buying a PC. She now has a nice mac 
running 9.2.2. That made me and her happy for sure.

Right now I proudly own a very nice emac 1Ghz, it's a nice machine. I 
love the all in ones from Apple. It's nice to know Apple got smart and 
made affordable CPUs for us low incomes. Poland is not exactly your 
first world nation.

There is a little ebay here in Poland, 
http://www.allegro.pl/showcat.php?id=259&order=p&view=gtext will take 
right to the Apple auctions. I bought myself a Newton 2100, accessories 
and keyboard. Man was I happy with that purchase, believe it or not the 
same person even had a 20th century macintosh for sale, it went for a 
little less then $750 US. It was in excellent condition. Occasionally 
you can find very nice items for sale. As everything is sold in Polish 
Zloty, it's very cheap for Americans to buy stuff. I will leave you a 
site that will snipe auctions, it's not free, but it costs about 15 
cents for every successful snipe, it is in English, just sign up, here 
is the site url http://www.snip.pl/en/reg/

Fabian, I would definitely be interested in purchasing the dock you 
have, although I would eventually like to get a powerbook 2300, is it 
compatible with the dock you want to sell?

Let me know. I can pay through western union, although I can't make the 
purchase right away. I am a teacher and as such am on holiday, but 
maybe I will talk with my wife. : )

Thanks for the offer, let me know more.

Sincerely
Alex Santos

On Jul 27, 2004, at 9:56 PM, Fabian Fang wrote:

> Alex:
>
> As a long-time owner of several Duo 2300c, I have read with interest 
> your two posts to the [Duo2400] List.
>
> First of all, all Apple DuoDocks have "universal power supply," which 
> covers the whole range of 85-270 volts AC, and can be used anywhere in 
> the world.
>
> Even though I have not used my last mint-condition Duo 2300c for 
> several years, I still have a large collection of Duo accessories and 
> peripherals.  I have two DuoDock Pluses, one brand-new.  From time to 
> time, I think about finding a good home for my collection.  If you may 
> be interested in a Dock or other items, I will be happy to discuss 
> further with you.  When you write me, you may wish to send your 
> messages to my university faculty e-mail address, <ffang at csub.edu>, 
> which I check much more frequently.
>
> Fabian
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2004, at 10:56 AM, Alex Santos 10MB Pakiet Mail wrote:
>
>> Hello, my name is Alex Santos and this is my first post.
>>
>> I am considering the purchase of a duo dock system, not in the 
>> immediate future, but yes eventually.
>>
>> I want to put together a very nice system as I find the duo concept 
>> so interesting and ideal for use and to keep in as good condition as 
>> possible.
>>
>> I live in Poland and I have been looking on ebay and a local auction 
>> site here for one. There are some nice units, most are incomplete, 
>> for sale. I hope to buy one cause it will go to a nice home where it 
>> will be well taken care of.
>>
>> I have one very important question. Do the docks have power supplies 
>> compatible with European outlet power, or do I have to purchase a 
>> converter. I don't know if there is a specific European model, or 
>> were they all the same except for the power supply? Maybe it is just 
>> a matter of changing the power cord? I am not sure.
>>
>> Can someone with the proper knowledge please be so kind to respond.
>>
>> Thanks very much
>> Alex Santos
>