Commodore 64 Power Supply

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 02 July 2008 17:34, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Tony Duell wrote:
> > Personally I regard them as about the most dangerous thing around. I've
> > yet to see one with proper mains fusing, most don't have output
> > current limiting, and so on.One common type sold in the UK has a 4-way
> > cross-shapped plug on it (3.5mm jack, 2.5mm jack, 2.1mm coax, 2.5mm coax)
> > with separate 1.3mm coax ('Walkman' plug) and a 9V battery clip on the
> > same cable. It's very easy to get a short-circuited output if those
> > conenctors touch each other.
>
> It's even more "fun" when the 4-way is plugged into the power jack on a
> machine, and the 9V connector wipes against, say, an edge connector.
> Instant fried chips, and not the edible kind.
>
> That's pretty much how my Jupiter Ace got wrecked (and speaking of which, I
> *still* haven't managed to get in touch with the guy who was *supposed* to
> be repairing it....)

Then there was the customer who plugged his power supply in to the _back_ of 
his 64,  in the only socket where it would fit -- the video connector.

Funny how that works sometimes...

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