Gianmario.Scotti_at_nokia.com
Date: 2004-01-10 02:33:13
Hey Ryan,
sorry to hear about your problems with the PSU.
However, could you tell me more about this "Pinto" power supply? How does it blow up your C-64, exactly? And, do you have pictures of this PSU, so I can be sure which exactly you mean?
I think it's simple to reverse engineer the PSU.
cheers
mario
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cbm-hackers@cling.gu.se
> [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@cling.gu.se]On Behalf Of ext Ryan Underwood
> Sent: 10 January, 2004 02:35
> To: cbm-hackers@cling.gu.se
> Subject: C64 power supply replacement
>
>
>
> Hey,
>
> Well, I finally got around to building a S-Video cable for my
> C64 today.
> Fire up the C64, and a blank screen. Sigh. Cable must be
> bad, so check
> all connections on cable, nope, cable is good. Check C64
> power supply.
> 5V -> 5.15V, 9VAC -> 10VAC, seems almost normal, and... whups, wait a
> second, now there's nothing on the 9VAC. Wait a little while, unplug,
> plug back in, still no 9VAC. Looks like it just gave up the ghost.
>
> This is one of the "Pinto" supplies, you know, the ones that were made
> to eventually blow up your C64 when they failed, and they
> were sealed in
> lots of epoxy so you couldn't even fix it if you wanted to; I found
> that out the hard way, after spending an hour with screwdriver and
> hammer, busting it open in complete confidence that I would be able to
> fix whatever was plaguing the 9VAC output.
>
> Hopefully my C64 survived, but now I need a new power supply. Anyone
> have a cheap circuit for one or a link? (google isn't being helpful
> today)
>
> thanks,
>
> --
> Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>
>
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