Packard Bell (was Re: [OT] Waddizzit??)

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Sat Jun 22 23:34:01 2002

Sounds like what was sometimes refered to as a PS/2 power supply. I
don't know who started calling them that. I've never seen a PS/2 with a
power supply that looked anything like what you describe. Don't most
powers supplies look like that now?

Unless you really like the thing..... I'd stripp it, recycle the steel
and find a real PS/2 or something, anything, better than a PB.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Ethan Dicks wrote:
> I'm looking for a cheap/free PB power supply... I have an old free PB
> 486 with a PSU with a back end dimension of about 5" wide by less than
> 4.5" tall, perhaps as short as 3.5" (I'm going by the holes in the back
> of the case, not the PSU). It is substantially smaller than a "normal"
> AT PSU.
>
> I dropped an Intel 83MHz overdrive in it, and use it as a cable-modem
> router. The fan gunked up and the PSU died. I have a temporary
> replacement, but it doesn't fit in the case.
>
> In case anyone can help, another identifying feature is that the case
> has a long, crooked white plastic pushrod to power it on and off. The
> actual power switch is in the PSU enclosure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -ethan
Received on Sat Jun 22 2002 - 23:34:01 BST