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From: spett@pitstop.West.Sun.COM (Scott Pett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Atari 800 Power
Message-ID: <749@pitstop.West.Sun.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 89 09:27:25 GMT
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Reply-To: spett@pitstop.UUCP (Scott Pett)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
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	The 800 power supply is the same as one for the 1050 drive. I made
	a PSU for my 1050 drive which I bought in a clearance sale and didn't
	have one.

	It's an A.C. unit which supplies between 10 and 15 volts. I just went
	to Tandy (Radio Shack, you side) and bought a mains transformer of the
	right capacity (1.5 amps or thereabouts) and bolted it into a box with
	a mains cord going in one end and a two wire cable coming out with the
	correct jack on the end. doesn't really matter which way you wire it,
	because it's an AC setup.

	Might not look too good but it worked OK for me.

regards
Scott Pett (Sun UK Education Department)