19 Jul
2008
19 Jul
'08
5:50 a.m.
Okay, but.. like, does it plug into the wall? A
cigarette lighter? Does it
take the modern "Adaptaplugs" (the ones with two pins on them), the older
friction-fit barrel style, or is it one of those "four plugs on the end of a
wire, with a 9V clip" dealies?
I do not have the power unit at all. Just the game. The sticker on the
games tells me to use the 270-1551.
Supply. One. See my notes below: a junk drawer full
of wall-warts is a
poor substitute for a real laboratory power supply.
Supplies - I have plenty of them. Probably more than most people on
this list. HP, Manson, Fluke, Lambda, and even Hipotronics, if I want
some real excitement from this game. I would use one of these (an
appropriate one), but clipping to the battery terminals would be a
chore, due to the design of the game.
You have a device that takes 6 C batteries, which is
of low enough value to
you that you won't spend a pittance to purchase the proper batteries for.
You have a power supply of unknown origin, that you think is a Radio Shack
#270-1551. Is that the power supply you received with the unit and it does
not work? Or, is that the power supply you have, and you want to know if it
will work?
I do not have the power unit.
I'm going to out on a limb here and assume that
you are trying to use a
variable power supply wall-wart with one of those little slider switches on
it to do different voltages (is that the Radio Shack # 270-1551?).
I plan on using one of those, for convenience. They have served me
well in the past.
All this, of course, assumes that the
original device doesn't have an AC requirement, or had "connector
conspiracy" to require you to purchase a replacement factory supply.
See, this is the problem. I do not know what this game wants.
I think you might be laboring under a "false
economy" here. You don't want
to spend money on dry cells, but you are unwilling to "break the plastic"
(which might not even be required anyway, there's more than one way to skin
that cat)? Either the unit has value, in which case it is worth doing
right.. or it doesn't, and who gives a load of dingo's kidneys if you snap
the plastic to get at the terminals! What's the deal?
I am going to throw this on the pile to sell. It is likely only worth
ten bucks, so spending any real money on it is not a good business
plan.
--
Will