21 May
2001
21 May
'01
1:18 p.m.
Tony Duell skrev:
> >> Could we agree on a fine DIN plug ? :))
>
> >Anybody who uses an (audio-type) DIN plug for a mains connection is
> >likely to be a candidate for a Darwin award :-)
>
> How about the Dragon PSU, which uses a D-9? I can imagine the horrified
Yes, but the dragon PSU output is relatively low
voltage, not mains. It's
not going to be good for a PC serial port, but it's unlikely to do much
damage other than possibly killing the RS232 buffer ICs. Connecting mains
to a serial port is likely to do a lot of damage to the entire machine.
What a pity. ^_-
Getting back to DIN plugs, I don't _like_ them
being used for any form of
power connection, but many manufacturers did use them for low voltage
(<20V) power inputs. It is reasonably safe to do that, even if it can
prove unreliable in the end.
Why not? I know that it doesn't latch very well, if that's your gripe.
BTW, is there any "official" designation for the PSU plug used on the C128 and
small Amigas? It's a kind of square DIN plug, but sourcing them isn't that
easy.
> I've got a US DECstation 5000/200 which
refused to work off the wall
> outlets in my old flat, despite markings on the back saying that it ran on
> both 110V and 220V, so I just used a cheap transformer from the
> "international fleamarket". In my new flat, however, it works just fine
> without any adaptors. Could it be the lack of earth in the new outlets?
Odd... No computer should ever assume that either side
of the mains is
grounded, and thus the safety ground shouldn't make any different to the
working of the PSU (I assume the machine refused to power up at all). Are
you sure the mains voltage was the same in both cases (did you check it
with a voltmeter?)
It did refuse to power up at all. Very queer.
And why would the voltages change? It's not as if we're running 110V in this
part of the town.
That said, if you really don't have earths on the
outlets in your new
flat, sort the wiring out NOW, before an earth leak kills somebody.
Safety grounds are there for a good reason.
My "sorting it out" would sooner kill me or someone else. No way that I am
going to peek inside live wires, and besides, earthing the flat would require
rebuilding the electric infrastructure of the entire complex.
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Ed ecco un altro esempio in cui le sigle italiane e francesi sono uguali ...
non avrei mai creduto di poter un giorno dire una cosa del genere, ma secondo
me Crostina D'Avena canta meglio.
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