Re: CBM 710: Replacing Power Supply - Help Needed

From: didier derny <didier_at_aida.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:15:00 +0200
Message-ID: <70a36fc5-5cf9-dba1-f28f-7abe675e6f9f@aida.org>
I made a small board for my personal use

to power a CBM  710 from a single 12v power supply


+12v  from regulater power supply

-12v  from  ICL7660A

+5v   from polulu 5v regulator

50 or 60 Hz via an avr tiny  50 or 60Hz


On 13/04/2018 21:04, Micah Bly wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to get a CBM 710 into working shape. I recently acquired 
> this from a collector, and my understanding is that is has never been 
> up and running, it was incomplete from the start. There were a few 
> missing chips and ROMs, but I think I'm basically down to the last 
> part: new PSU.
>
> I am the US, the machine is from Germany. 240V (or maybe it's 220V) 
> 50Hz vs 120V and 60Hz.
>
> I have enlisted the help of a long-time Commodore technician (I don't 
> mean he worked for Commodore, I mean he has been repairing them for 
> 20+ years and has his own shop still). I am entirely useless when it 
> comes to anything more than the most basic circuit.
>
> I have been reading through a few relevant historical posts on CBM 
> hackers, and looking through other stuff that Google reveals. So far, 
> we have assembled the following:
> - ELM440 frequency generator.
> https://www.elmelectronics.com/ic/elm440/
> - NTSC color burst crystal
> - Mean Well RT-125B power supply. 
> http://www.meanwell.com/productPdf.aspx?i=491
>
> The PSU seems like it should be fine for the power side of thing, but 
> could someone help us with designing a circuit for the timing? I 
> showed this diagram to the gentleman helping me, and he is scratching 
> his head pretty furiously about it.
> http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/schematics/computers/b/cbm700-ceag-PSU.jpg
>
> My goal here, aside from getting the CBM II back up and running, is to 
> document it in case somebody else wants to do something similar in the 
> future. I don't have a web site, so I am using a blog, here:
> http://www.vintageisthenewold.com/not-your-daddys-128-retrochallenge-2018-04-update-1/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Micah
>
Received on 2018-04-13 23:02:04

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