Re: Apple ][ "power light" specs

[Michael Mahon <mahon@cup.hp.com>]

Perry Dueck wrote:

> Ahhhh.....but we're not talking about a GS, I'm talking about an Apple ][
> (from 1977). I took the light out from underneath the "fake" keycap (which
> is a light cover, but looks like a real keycap with a white crown). The
> light's glass is clear. I took it to Radio Shack, and they didn't know
> what voltage is was so they said they couldn't help me. I am sure that
> they have a proper replacement for it, I saw a bunch of different little
> lights that they sell which look like the one that was in my Apple
> ][....unfortunately, they come in different voltage levels, and different
> "mA" numbers.

Go with a 6 volt bulb with a low current rating--say, 75 ma or less.

-michael

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