tsedwar@PacBell.COM (Tom Edwards) (05/02/91)
I have a C128 power souce and will be getting a 64C, can I run the 64 off
of the power source?
Thanks in advance,
Tom
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Tom S. Edwards - UUCP: {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyd!tsedwar
INTERNET: tsedwar@pbhyd.PacBell.COMnews@ucrmath.ucr.edu (mr. news) (05/04/91)
>I have a C128 power souce and will be getting a 64C, can I run the 64 off >of the power source? >Thanks in advance, >Tom From: bruce@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Ahmon Dancy) Path: watnxt2!bruce I've done it before. 'course, I ruined the power pack in the process. Not because of the fact that it can't be done, but because of the fact that I was using very mickey-moused connections. It was a hack, but it worked. If you try it, make sure all the connections are clean and are in no risk or short circuiting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bruce! (Ahmon Dancy) Email Address: bruce@watnxt2.ucr.edu | mail me! Soon to be attending UC Berkeley | EECS major ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh) (05/06/91)
In a letter to All, Tom Edwards (tsedwar@PacBell.COM ) wrote: >I have a C128 power souce and will be getting a 64C, can I >run the 64 off of the power source? If you change the connector, a C128 power supply will do fine on a C64 (in fact, the power supply that came with the 1764 REU was just a C128 supply with a connector that fit the C64). However, I don't suggest running two computers from the same power supply because you'll get some interesting relative voltages caused by internal recification and regulation of the AC signal. If you turn off one computer but no the other, you may see interesting patterns on the screen because of the signal fed back to the regulators that power the VIC chip. -- Geoffrey Welsh - Operator, Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet 1:221/171) root@zswamp.uucp or ..uunet!watmath!xenitec!zswamp!root 602-66 Mooregate Crescent, Kitchener, ON, N2M 5E6 Canada (519)741-9553 "He who claims to know everything can't possibly know much" -me