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From: jgreco@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Power supply problems
Keywords: VIC-20, C-64, Power supply
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Date: 29 Aug 89 19:19:11 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <2066@kodak.UUCP>, deal@kodak.UUCP () wrote:
>Can she use the power supply from a VIC-20 until she gets a replacement 
>for the C-64? I don't have a schematic for the VIC-20 so I can't check
>the pinouts.
>
>If someone has interchanged these power supplies with no ill effects or
>can post/send me the power input pinouts for the VIC-20 it would be 
>greatly appreciated.

Yes, sometimes.  If the plugs match, there should not be a problem.
The supplies for those particular VIC-20's were identical to ones made
for the 64.  They are actually a bit more powerful than the newer
"bricks," and less prone to failure.

However, MOST of the VIC-20's I've run across are the type that use a
two-prong AC supply that does not generate the 5V.  These are
incompatible with the 64, but there's no way you could plug one into a
64 anyways.
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