Re: commodore plus 4 power supply... big and heavy...

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:39:16 +0200
Message-ID: <4F85DDE4.5030406@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 04/11/2012 09:47 AM, Niklas Ramsberg wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:14 AM, Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud)
> <ruud.baltissen@apg.nl>  wrote:
>>> The real problem is that square 4 pin connector.
>>
>> A friend of mine, who is a +4 expert, told me he sometimes replaced the
>> square plugs by C64 ones so he could use the C64 power supplies.
>
> That works very well and is recommended by Ray Carlsen. It even seems
> that some Plus/4s were fitted with the round C64 DIN connector from
> the factory; one of my Plus/4s has the round connector and it doesn't
> look like it was retrofitted.

Same here. I also have a matching power supply (dark plastic but round 
connector) for it. It's advisable to replace the square connector with a 
round one since then you can use a C64 power supply or build your own 
without having a problem to get the plug for it.

  Gerrit



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