pbhoeffler@trillium.uwaterloo.ca (Arnold Stang) (04/02/91)
I have just recently picked up an Atari 800XL and a Rana Systems 1000 drive. My problem is that there were no cables included, or power supplies for either machine. This makes using them very difficult :-) I believe I can track down a power supply for the XL without too much trouble, but I have had no luck at all with a supply for the disk drive. Main Question: Could anyone offer some helpful information regarding the power requirements for this disk drive? Where I might get one, Possible compatibility with other power supplies, Anything that might help! Another One : I also own a C64, and I've noticed that the computer-end of the power supply (a DIN jack) looks identical to that of the Atari 800XL. Does anyone know if power supplies for these two computers are identical (i.e. swappable/interchangable)? I'm curious, but not brave (or stupid?) enough to test it out blindly |-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ pbhoeffler@trillium.waterloo.edu "What happens if I do... THIS?" - My dead friend, George
ken@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Kenneth M. Sumrall) (04/04/91)
>Another One : I also own a C64, and I've noticed that the computer-end of the > power supply (a DIN jack) looks identical to that of the > Atari 800XL. Does anyone know if power supplies for these two > computers are identical (i.e. swappable/interchangable)? > I'm curious, but not brave (or stupid?) enough to test it out > blindly |-) > Don't know the pinout of the C-64, but the 800XL connector supplies +5V and ground. If you open your 800XL, it is fairly easy to determine which pins go to ground and which to +5V. Of course, you can just buy an XL power supply from B&C Computervisions. Last I saw, they were $25.00. | Ken Sumrall | Internet: ken%hpda@hplabs.hp.com | | HP California Language Labs | UUCP: ...!hplabs!hpda!ken | | "I'd stomp desert dope heads for some gas in my moped!" - Bill the Cat | | "What a stupid world" -Calvin (speaking to Hobbes) |
snyder@chopin.udel.edu (Mayleen G Snyder) (04/04/91)
The Atari takes +5v (3 pins on left and 3 on right...are all the same...)
i think they are different from th c-64.....read the p/s on the underside...
look for "output" should have "5v" if so it should work.....plug it in and test
it.....(if it is 5v....i have reversed polarity on 800xl's and 130 xe's so much
with no problems...)
as for the drive...memory says 9Volts "AC" (NOT DC!)try Amer. T.V.
(1-800-551-9995) and i will vouch they are reputable.....
Sloopy X Malibu snyder@chopin.udel.edu
(chris) snyder@chopin.acs.udel.edu
(leave me mail at the mocha adr if you need more help...)Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) (04/05/91)
>The Atari takes +5v (3 pins on left and 3 on right...are all the same...) >i think they are different from th c-64.....read the p/s on the underside... >look for "output" should have "5v" if so it should work.....plug it in and test >it.....(if it is 5v....i have reversed polarity on 800xl's and 130 xe's so much >with no problems...) DO NOT DO THIS! The C64 power supply generates more than +5v and GND, it also generates 9 or 12v and will fry your computer quite nicely. > > > >as for the drive...memory says 9Volts "AC" (NOT DC!)try Amer. T.V. >(1-800-551-9995) and i will vouch they are reputable..... > > >Sloopy X Malibu snyder@chopin.udel.edu > (chris) snyder@chopin.acs.udel.edu Charles_K_Hughes@cup.portal.com >(leave me mail at the mocha adr if you need more help...)