2 Dec
2007
2 Dec
'07
1:48 p.m.
On Friday 30 November 2007 19:04, Jim Brain wrote:
That's what most all of them looked like, except for those fewer older units
that weren't potted.
Jules Richardson wrote:
> Jim Brain wrote:
>>> > pics? I'm not sure I recall a wedge-shaped PSU.
>>>
>>> OK, look here: http://jope.fi/cbm/cbm/c64psu.jpg.
>>>
>>> The PSU I'm referring to is the leftmost one of the three in that
>>> picture; I've always called them "wedge shaped", but I
suppose
>>> "cheese block" would be closer to the mark, LOL.
>>
>> Wow, never seen anything like that. The ones on the right and middle
>> are all I know as PSUs. Ya learn something new every day.
I don't recall ever seeing one that looked like that, either.
Jumping in...
Curious. For 'old shape' C64 machines, I've never seen anything
*except* the wedge-shape design - I didn't know anything else existed
until the time when CBM re-did the machine case itself. Isn't it
exactly the same shell as the Plus/4 PSU, but in beige rather than black?
THis is all I have here for old-style 64 PS:
http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/live/images/c64.jpg 
Now, I only know this as the PS for the Plus/4:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/vic20/h/plus4.jpg
Same as the one for the 64, but with a different connector on the computer
end of the wire, no?
This interesting unit I have seen on VICs:
http://www.commodore.ca/products/vic20/vic202.jpg
That the 2-pin version? If so, it's just a small transformer in a box.
Of course, while searching, I came upon this item I
have never seen.
Another day of learning. I want one!
http://cdn2.soundclick.com/21/imgPages/3/3/3059673_63411.jpg?version=206
Never saw anything like that...!
I have a rounded (non-fin) 2 prong VIC PS in storage,
but I can't find
good pics online, so take my word at present that such rounded
non-finned beasts exist.
Those are the ones that are repairable, if we're talking about the same
thing. Vented? Screws accessible on the bottom of the unit? Lousy strain
relief at the DIN connector?
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
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