27 Nov
2007
27 Nov
'07
12:29 p.m.
On Tuesday 27 November 2007 15:15, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 1:55 PM -0600 11/27/07, Jim Brain wrote:
The CPS-10 was the one we usually sold.
The original black brick power supply, OTOH, was
cheap and
unreliable. If anyone does consider a 64 or VIC for children, find
a 1764 replacement power supply or some aftermarket one.
Wouldn't that be good advice for *anyone* wanting to use a C64?
Recently I was able to pick up a "Phoenix CPS-10" off eBay and the
next day was given a Tenex PS for the C128. Question on the original black bricks, do all of them
have a
Commodore symbol on them, or is the "Recoton" I have a 3rd party
supply? I believe all of my bricks are "Recoton's".
Are those potted as well?
There were some real early ones that weren't, that had a small set of vents
on the two halves of the case. Those also had no particular strain relief on
the DIN connector either, so it usually wasn't holding on to the jacket of
that cable at all. They weren't too bad, though why they used an oddball
regulator instead of the more common 7805 part I don't know. And if anyone's
repairing one of those and putting a 7805 in, you need to cross two of the
leads to that regulator by comparison with the original. :-)
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