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- From: borchert@i50s2.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Volker Borchert)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Old ][e having trouble cold booting
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 11:36:23 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Comp. Sc. Dept., FRG
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- I had some trouble with an old ][+. The power supply was from Apple,
- but the motherboard had been replaced (I bought it 2nd hand) with
- some clone having 64K DRAM's and on-board Z80. This does not consume
- enough power!
- In fact, it does not draw enough current from +12V or -5V (I didn't
- check exactly). As the original power supply has only one control
- circuit, these tend to go up to levels where the overvoltage
- protection circuit will shut down the supply and restart (see Apple
- manual).
- The solution is to draw some current from these supply rails. In my
- case, 150 ohms from each to ground (= 80 mA for +-12V, 33mA for -5V)
- was just enough.
- (My configuration: Epson parallel printer card, Apple Super Serial
- card, Videx 80 coloumn card, Eprommer - don't remember brand, two
- disk ][ controllers, two disk ][ single drives, two compatible
- drives, external Rafi keyboard, Apple power supply.)
-
- Maybe you should try this before buying a new power supply.
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