Your VIC-20 is worth $300!!! W_at_W!

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Jan 29 21:03:10 2002

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> Anyway, mine has a built-in PSU. Just an IEC plug on the back ('kettle
> plug') that, in my case, takes in 240V AC. I guess they were made with
> different transformers for other voltages.

It would appear that mine does as well. I never looked at it closely,
since it looked like a brick or wall-wart was supposed to fit into the
styrofoam packing. I guess nothing went there.

> According to the schematic, the transformer has a single secondary
> winding (no taps). The AC from that is rectified, smoothed, and then
> regulated down to a couple of 5V rails by a linear regulator circuit.
> I would guess that the secondary gives about 8 to 9 VAC. If you
> insist, I'll try to find my 1520 and measure it.

Thanks for the offer, but I thought it needed a wall-wart or something,
which is what I wanted to know the output voltage of.

-Toth
Received on Tue Jan 29 2002 - 21:03:10 GMT