imsai 2

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Tue Aug 17 17:37:07 1999

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
>Well, for a given wattage, switchers are smaller, lighter, and more
>economical to produce. I imagine if they resorted to the old iron-core
>transformers of yore, they would have had a difficult time finding
>a supplier for them.
>
>When they did, the part would probly cost as much as the rest of the
>materials put together. Makes perfect sense to me.

  Hmm...good point about the cost, but iron-core power transformers aren't
exactly out of style. They wouldn't have much of a hard time finding
them...but paying for them would indeed be another matter.

           -Dave McGuire
Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 17:37:07 BST