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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Subject: Re: Teeny-weeny Sony power connector?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.142427.25333@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:24:27 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1992Nov11.222115.10656@rtsg.mot.com>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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- In article <1992Nov11.222115.10656@rtsg.mot.com> kaiser@rtsg.mot.com (Bradley G. Kaiser) writes:
- >
- >I have a Sony Walkman cassette player model WM-FX50. Its DC
- >power input (1.5V,700 mA) takes a very small (~1.3 mm dia,
- >~1 cm long) coaxial-type plug. I bought the Sony AC adapter
- >($35 !!!), then promptly dropped the Walkman on the floor
- >while it was plugged into the adapter, which snapped that
- >tiny plug right off.
- >
- >Anybody have any idea where I could get a replacement plug? I've
- >tried everywhere I can think of (Radio Shack, Newark, a local hobby
- >place ...) with no luck; I'm sure Sony will want to sell me a new
- >adapter for another $35, even though only the plug is broken.
-
- I ran into the rame problem with my ICF-SW55 when looking for a car power
- adaptor. Sony has you by the "Balls". The new "Unified" power connector
- has not yet been cloned.
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