Commodore 64 Power Supply

[Ray Arachelian]

Seth Morabito wrote:
> Does anyone know of a commercially available replacement power supply,
> before I go off and build one?  A linear supply would be trivial to
> design, but I've never done a switching power supply, which I suppose
> would be greatly preferable.  The trick with the C64 is that it
> requires both 9V AC and +5V DC.  (I've considered frankensteining
> together 9V AC and +5V DC wall-wart adapters onto the same DIN-7
> cable, but it just feels so very very wrong).
>   

Sounds like you just need a single 9VAC power supply, a bridge, a 
voltage regulator, and perhaps some caps to clean up the signal a bit.  
The trick is to provide enough wattage.