1 Jul
2008
1 Jul
'08
6:59 a.m.
gordonjcp at gjcp.net wrote:
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 02:24:16AM +0100, Tony Duell
wrote:
Were those custom jobs, or off-the-shelf supplies (that someone stuffed into a
box)? I don't think I've seen an off-the-shelf switcher with a 9VAC output*
before, but Farnell, Plessey, Astec and Weir crop up all over the place in UK
equipment...
* I don't think, anyway. Some of them do seem to have an 'aux'-type output
that the user can tweak to their own spec, though.
Making a switching supply to give a 50Hz or 60Hz
AC output would be
decidedly non-trivial (and IMHO not senisble here). The obvious way to
And yet I've got a couple of C64 power supplies that are most definitely
switchers. *Someone* did it, but since they're currently 220 miles away
it's a bit hard to read the label.