17 Jul
2000
17 Jul
'00
8:55 p.m.
Err, how can 120V at 5A be anything other than 600VA?
Or is it 450VA
continuously rated, 5A peak current or something?
Yep - it's definitely a 450VA transformer because I coulnd't afford the
600VA one! I wanted to get a fairly large one in case the ProFile turned out
to be a non-switcher, which is academic now because I've got a UK one.
equipment doesn't like that sort of supply. Even
autoswitching PSUs tend
to blow up when connected to one of these units.
I know - that's why I'm worried about the Lisa PSU. At first I DID try a US
travel adapter which ran my TRS80s and small NTSC TV quite happily - feed
Lisa from it and the fuse blew so I scattered off to Maplins and got a
*real* transformer with UK plug on one side and US socket on the other. It
had better be OK - it was bloody ukp70 :)
I've seen the result of connecting a mac+ to this
sort of
unit, and it wasn't pretty!
Indeed.
One question I don't think I've asked yet is does anyone know where I can
get a 1.8A Lisa PSU, which is 120/240 switchable, for less than SunRem's
$129 plus shipping? Anyone got a dead 2/10 or MacXL they don't mind losing
the PSU from?