Commodore 64 Power Supply

[Bryan Pope]

And thusly were the wise words spake by 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...
                 ^^^^^ 

Did something light up inside of the poor 64? 

Cheers,

Bryan