> On 2017-01-07, at 19:47, Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de> wrote: > > On 01/07/2017 07:26 PM, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote: >> >>> On 2017-01-07, at 18:10, Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Oh, by the way, never stack the C64 over the 154I for a few hours... I >>> had forgotten how hot that drive likes to live. >> >> Long ago I made a good use of an Atari ST and installed its internal switcher in place of the 1541 transformer, bypassing (actually removing) other hot suckers on the way. >> >> Once the transformer, the rectifiers and the voltage regulators are gone - you can stack whatever you want on it ;-) The drive merely gets warm. And a kid can easily hold it with one hand as a bonus ;-) > > You can also check if the 1541 can be set to 240V input voltage. If yes, do that and it will get less hot. I know this trick and I did that in '86 already ;-) Didn't help /much/. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-01-07 19:01:53
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