Commodore Vic 20 power sup

From: Richard A. Cini, Jr. <rcini_at_email.msn.com>
Date: Sat Aug 8 07:13:30 1998

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:52:56 -0400, Salzman, Jeff" <jsalzman_at_hersheys.com>
wrote:


>>If I recall, the two prong VIC-20 power supply is simply a 9VAC 1A power
>>supply. You can get or fabricate a replacement from Radio Shack parts.
>>If you are replacing an existing dead P/S, you have the connector(s) you
>>need to connect to a 9VAC transformer. If not, the connector is similar
>>to the old AC power cables which were used on the '80s portable cassette
>>players/radios or Remington electric razors.

    Right. R/S has two cords (278-1254 and 278-1256), but I think that
the -1256 is the one. For the power supply, I bought a 9vAC 3.4a surplus
power supply (Atari, I think) for $5 from Marlin P. Jones & Assoc., one of
my favorite
surplus catalogs. They carry a lot, but it seems that they specialize in
power supplies of various types. When I'm building something, I go to them
for the power portion of the project.

Rich Cini/WUGNET <nospam_rcini_at_msn.com>
  - ClubWin/CW7
  - MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
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