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Vic-20 load
Posted by: beta_train on 2009-01-25 08:18:41 Today I acquired a Commodore Vic-20, 8 game cassettes, Commodore Datasette reader, and a Vic-1111 16K Ram Cartridge. Everything is in good shape, except that it has no power supply ( The "newer" 7-pin one. If anyone has a spare... 😉 ) I got all of this for free.
Posted by: Dennis Nedry on 2009-01-25 08:57:54 Cool stuff and great price. You can build your own power supply if you refer to this pinout: http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Commodore_C64_Power_Supply I'm pretty sure C64 and the newer VIC-20 supplies are the same pinout. Unfortunately, common ATX supplies don't have a 9V AC output. But maybe you could rig something up.
Posted by: tomlee59 on 2009-01-26 17:16:30 You may not need 9VAC. IIRC (and I'll check on this for you later), that 9V goes directly to a full-wave bridge, and then a regulator. If so, then it may very well work when fed +12VDC or thereabouts.
Posted by: beta_train on 2009-01-27 07:39:30 Hmm, I am not good at building that stuff. Computers, yes, but when it comes to electricity, no. 😛 Thanks a bunch anyways!
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