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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Power supply from Ami???
Summary: yikes!
Message-ID: <376@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 89 15:19:49 GMT
References: <9285@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
Lines: 30

In article <9285@louie.udel.EDU>, BPJ0%LEHIGH.BITNET@ibm1.cc.lehigh.edu (Bin) writes:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm currently taking digital lab.  The course requires that you build
> a circuit at home and come into lab and test it with a power supply.
> I also realised that the ports on the back of the Ami have pins with
> +5V, gnd and -5V which I require. I also need about 5 inputs (say
> a,b,c,d and e which can be either on {5V} or off {gnd}). Is it true that
> the parallel port has seven pins which could be used for this purpose?
> Now the questions.
> 
> Is it safe to do the above?

Don't use your Ami for this! One bad circuit and you could damage your
Amiga's power supply.

Go to radio-shack and buy a power supply. It's worth the money. better yet:
get some parts and build your own power supply. All you need is a transformer,
voltage regulator, a capacitor and a resistor.

Don't risk your amiga.




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