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From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: 520 ST power supply
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.164414.27266@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 Apr 91 16:44:14 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.021744.1728@nmt.edu>
Reply-To: vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991Apr30.021744.1728@nmt.edu> jcksnsr@nmt.edu (JC) writes:
>
>   Well, well, I was just typing along on my 520 ST this morning when
>crash, boom, incloud of noxious smoke my power supply fried.
>...
>   So I call around and discover the replacement is $65.00.  About one
>sixth the total value of the computer, gack.
>
>   So the question comes down to this, 1) Does anyone know what the specs
>on the tranformer are and how it is wired so I can replace it myself (unlike
>the diodes the transformer is completely void of useful identifications) and
>2) if not anyone know where to get a 520ST power supply cheaply and quickly.

Why not just get a PC power supply?  For example, Keypoint (12130 Mora Drive,
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670, 213/944-3041) has a 150 watt XT supply for $36,
a 200 watt switching AT supply for $43, etc.  That plus a line cord and
the appropriate shape DIN-7, and 12 hour with a soldering gun should put
you back into business.

Lots of folks sell such things.  Look in Byte, PC Mag, PC Week, ...

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