Commodore C128/A500 Power bricks - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Sep 2006

 --- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: 

...

 I did some looking and it appears that the A600
 supply is most 
 powerful of the A500/A600/A1200 supplies!  However ,
...
  as I got the A600 
 (and a pair of unstable A1200's) well after the
 A500, this is a 
 pretty good indication that I have an A500 power
 supply somewhere. 
 The odds are, wherever that is, is also where one  of
...
  my *good* Wico 
 Joysticks is :^)

 		Zane

Err... I disagree with you Zane. I just checked
both of my A500 PSU's (made in Germay) and 
my A600 PSU (made in China) and came up with 
the following:

A600 PSU "Lightweight" (Part No. 391029- )

Input: 230-240V ~ 50 Hz  300 mA   T1A
Output:  5V  3.0A
         12V  500mA
        -12V  100mA

A500 PSU "Heavy Brick" (Part No. 312503-02)

Input: 240V  50Hz  60W
Output: + 5V 4.3A
         +12V 1.0A
         -12V 0.1A

Going by those figures (on the underside of
the PSU's), I'd say the A500 PSU is the most
powerful.

Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk