30 Jun
2008
30 Jun
'08
5:56 p.m.
On Monday 30 June 2008 19:19, Golan Klinger wrote:
Seth Morabito wrote:
Oh my.
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/b34f9bdb9
522b96b/ad2abef064030e2a>
The consensus was that going the wall-wart route isn't wise.
Apparently that "custom designed power supply" lasted something like a whole
three hours? That may have some bearing on it. I've seen very few wall
warts that are rated high enough in terms of output current, for the most
part.
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