30 Jun
2008
30 Jun
'08
4:19 p.m.
Seth Morabito wrote:
The trick with the C64 is that it
requires both 9V AC and +5V DC. (I've considered frankensteining
together 9V AC and +5V DC wall-wart adapters onto the same DIN-7
cable, but it just feels so very very wrong).
Like this:
<http://c64.digitalscream.com/Slappy/slappys-power-supply.JPG>
The power supply in that photo caused quite a stir in the C= community
earlier this year. You can read more about the sordid affair here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.cbm/browse_thread/thread/b34f9bdb9522b96b/ad2abef064030e2a>
The consensus was that going the wall-wart route isn't wise.
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Golan Klinger <gklinger at gmail.com>
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.