On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 18:03 -0500, shoppa_classiccmp_at_trailing-edge.com
wrote:
> For not-so-heavy transformers, higher frequencies are desirable, thus
> the 400 Hz AC power on military aircraft.
>
> The classic way of converting from AC at one frequency to another was
> motor-generator sets, (And to convert AC to DC you used rotary
> converters...) Modern implemenations use solid-state electronics.
Twisting this back on topic, the IBM 650 had a power distribution that
made something like 133Hz AC or even higher.
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Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe_at_ifi.uio.no>
Received on Tue Dec 14 2004 - 12:42:16 GMT