[rescue] Looking for small AT power supply

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at gmail.com
Fri May 30 14:40:06 CDT 2014


I saw him there as well, it was very impressive.

Once I move I hope to set up an actual electronics workbench to build these
kinds of kits & fix vintage computers, it really is quite satisfying to
actually put pieces together and make something...

Lionel

> On May 30, 2014, at 3:35 PM, "J. Alexander Jacocks" <jjacocks at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I talked to Vince at VCF East 9.1, and saw his prototype.  It looks to be a
> really cool machine, and I can't wait to build one.
>
> The quality and vintage feel of the keyboard is absolutely amazing!
>
> - Alex
>
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I put mine together over a couple nights, having not picked up a soldering
>> iron since summer camp in the early '70s (assembling radio shack kits on
>> red
>> plastic boards).
>>
>> I had *no* errors with the kit, it worked perfectly after assembly.
>>
>> I'm considering his newest project, an Ohio Scientific SuperBoard - it has
>> an
>> on-board keyboard and will be about $230.
>>
>> http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=28
>>
>> That was my second computer, my first was a SYM-1...
>>
>> Lionel
>>
>>> On May 30, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:40:13PM -0400, Mark G Thomas wrote:
>>>>> Link to current Retro 1 offering:
>>>>> http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=17
>>>>> Any suggestions for a small AT PS would be appreciated.
>>>> I just dug out the schematic for my early edition Replica-1. As far
>>>> as I can tell, all you need is +5VDC, unless you are using the +/-12V
>>>> for something connected to it, such as some older parallel ASCII
>> keyboards
>>>> needed -12V. I suggest just ordering a 5V 1A regulated wall wart from
>>>> Jameco if you don't already have one in a junk box, and splice it onto
>>>> an AT PS pigtail if you don't want to solder wires onto the board.
>>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Found the pictures from when I built mine:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/1031279/
>>>
>>> That was a *fun* project.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bill Bradford
>>> Houston, Texas USA
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