Power Brick... AYFKM?!
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soeter04
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Yup, that was my response too after opening a C64 power brick for the first time!
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"Takai desu ne." -"Jinsei da."
I'm trying to do the same thing as here: http://wej.k.vu/broken_stuff/c64_power_supply_repair/
Usually it's the rectified voltage that's gone bonkers in a C64 PSU but in my case it's the 9VAC side that doesn't work.
Usually it's the rectified voltage that's gone bonkers in a C64 PSU but in my case it's the 9VAC side that doesn't work.
for me it was hammer and chisel. very carefully breaking the resin in sensitive spots.
I have two of them, they both say A600 but I'm 100% positive they came with two A1200.
nope. on sticker.
The moment I saw it I thought A1200. The A600 were more "Commodore like" and bigger.
I have one exactly like this one and it came with an A600. Like with most other things Commodore, they probably took whatever they could get their hands on just to ship stuff out the door.
I remember my friend had an A500 1.2 and I wanted one so badly (Menace ,F18 Interceptor & Deluxe Paint) his games looked so much better than my C64 
I remember his PSU was as heavy if not heavier than my C64 brick.
a few months later begging and working my butt off I had enough for my own A500,,,
it was a 1.3 but my psu was light as a feather, when I turned my amiga off there was a slight whistle that dropped in tone.. a week or so later my amiga broke, or so i thought,, turn out the 2-3 seconds power cycle killed a fuse inside the psu, i'm supposed to wait 10 secs, seemed strange to me at the time but from that point I always waited until the whistle had gone before powering back on.
I remember his PSU was as heavy if not heavier than my C64 brick.
a few months later begging and working my butt off I had enough for my own A500,,,
it was a 1.3 but my psu was light as a feather, when I turned my amiga off there was a slight whistle that dropped in tone.. a week or so later my amiga broke, or so i thought,, turn out the 2-3 seconds power cycle killed a fuse inside the psu, i'm supposed to wait 10 secs, seemed strange to me at the time but from that point I always waited until the whistle had gone before powering back on.
And now it works very well (assuming that's the one powering my Amiga).
And now it works very well (assuming that's the one powering my Amiga).
It is!
