Mac Plus with (minor) issues

From: chris <cb_at_mythtech.net>
Date: Thu Apr 29 22:47:18 2004

>You mean 'at least 3rd time around'. The Apple ][ PSU is marginal, or at
>least mine was. The 5V line was rated (IIRC) at 2.5A. A mainboard,
>language card, disk controller, and 1 drive (i.e. not a very full
>machine) exceeded that on my meter. Perhaps I was just unlucky and had
>parts that took more current than normal, but I had a lot of trouble with
>the Apple ]['s PSU...

Yeah, come to think of it, I do seem to recall swapping a number of A2
PSU's back then. That was before I was willing to try component repairs,
so it was simple swaps of bad for good.

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Thu Apr 29 2004 - 22:47:18 BST

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