How to work out unknown PSU replacement

[Mike Stein]

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From: "Adrian Graham via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2018 9:09 PM
Subject: How to work out unknown PSU replacement


Hi folks,

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Documentation on the Tandata PA is zero, if you search for it you get my Binary Dinosaurs page and nothing else so tonight I set about trying to work out the power inputs from its 4 pin socket. Going clockwise pin 1 is definitely GND/0V and pin 2 is not connected. Pin 3 goes to the input of a 79L05 -5V regulator which via a capacitor seems to be used as the GND pins for 3 CMOS 74 series chips. Pin 4 goes to a 7805 5V regulator.

I’ve never seen a -5V reg be used in a GND circuit so before I continue searching am I barking up the wrong tree? The trace literally goes from socket to 79L05 pin 2, output goes to a capacitor then to the GND pins on a CD74HC74E, CD74HC86E and CD74HC4066E. There’s a VARTA battery nearby too.
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Are you taking into account that unlike positive 78Lxx regulators the pinout of the negative 79Lxx regulators is:

1 - Gnd
2 - Input
3 - Output

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