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  • Re: Apple II Forever!

    From Spectre@21:3/101 to opus7 on Thu Sep 23 15:59:00 2021
    the problem with the Amstrad I could never really solve. The Voltages come out just fine (and I tested them)), and the 63W were borderline for the Amstrad but should have done it. Better you check the Power supply before you attach it, just to be sure. I have a suspicion that is has to do how the Apple II power supply bridges the 0V, that seems different to the IBM world.

    Ponder been a while, I don't check in here to often. Only just found this buried in the past. The A2 supply is really just a super early switchmode supply. It doen't have to many foibles in the 0 crossings, but what you can
    run foul of, is all the voltage regulation is done from the 5v rail. If
    there's insufficient load on it, the rest will be all over the place. That
    said PC supplies so long as they still provide all the right voltages are easier to work with. I've had an ATX 1.0 supply powering Clone+ but I have to sit it outside the case :/

    If you come across this throw me a line, sysop@tlp.zapto.org...

    Spec


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  • From opus7@21:1/172 to Spectre on Tue Mar 21 17:34:54 2023
    Hi Spec,

    admittedly, this has been some time. Have been logged in BBSess from time to time, but never did a global message scan ;-) Love this slow communication - such a contrast to the rest of the computing world.
    I still have the remake of the Apple II power supply unused in the
    shelf :-) Run my Amstrad with a AT power supply on which I soldered on the unusual Amstrad DIN plug.. works fine ever since ,-) Get in touch if you're still after the power supply, or for another slow motion message exchange,
    that is ;-)
    Cheers,
    MR

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to opus7 on Fri Mar 31 18:19:00 2023
    world. I still have the remake of the Apple II power supply unused
    in the shelf :-) Run my Amstrad with a AT power supply on which
    I soldered on the unusual Amstrad DIN plug.. works fine ever since

    Woah blast from the past. Still good timing, I've only resurfaced after a couple of months in the wilderness. Always happy to snarf an A2 supply. AT supplies are nice generic beasts you can bend to most "projects"

    Spec


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    * Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101)