Re: Apple //e Power Supplies

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>Does anyone know if there are any differences between the power
>supplies in the early and later models of the Apple //e ?
>
>The later model //e's (Platinum) have a longer, silver-colored power
>supply (similar to the one in the IIgs) whereas the earlier //e's have
>a gold-colored one.  From what I've observed, the silver-colored power
>supplies seem to fail more frequently than the older ones.  Has anyone
>else noticed this ?

    Basically the power supples were made by either Dyna-Comp or Astec.  The
longer power supplies supplied a higher current rating than did the shorter
ones.  I prefer the Astec power supplies any day, but the older ][+ power
supplies had a bad design flaw that caused a cap to fail.

Raymond