Re: Q: Power Supply, IIe=II?

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Rubywand!

In article <52ru4r$dui@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)
wrote:

> In article <52rc90$7fc@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, jtk@prairienet.org (Jeffrey T.
> Kouzmanoff) writes:
> 
> >
> >My IIe power supply is bad.
> >Is this part equivalent among the II line, or do I _have_ to find a
> >IIe supply?
> >
> >
> 
>      There are some differences in ratings, plugs, and mounting methods.
> If you get a "heavy duty" replacement designed for a II+ or IIe it should
> fit with minimal bother and work fine.

        Virtually NO bother.  Methinks you MIGHT be thinking of the //gs,
which was NOT form/fit identical to the //e power supplies (altho it COULD
be coaxed - the plug was different, but the tapped screwholes were there
on the earliest of the //gs power supplies.)  On the "Apple ][ Family"
(which, for the power supply, is all the desktop Apple //'s save for the
//gs, and a converted //e qualifies!), there are four screws to mount the
power supply.  All the switchmode power supplies from the earliest Astecs
to the last of the home-grown ones fit with the four screwholes.  They all
have the same 6-pin plug.  They all have the power switch on the back and
the power cord IEC male socket on the back of the power supply (yes, some
rocked UP to turn on, some rocked DOWN, and on the power plug, some had
the ground pin UP and some DOWN - this is a problem for some folks? )


> 
>      If you do not mind some additional work (e.g. splicing on your Apple
> IIe plug, drilling some holes, using nylon spacers, etc.)  you can get a
> much better supply for a lot less by shopping around. JDR and Jameco offer
> newer-design, higher rated surplus power supplies that will fit in a IIe
> for, at most, half the price of a for-Apple II replacement.

        Ixnay.  No splicing or drilling or nylon spacers needed.  The
Jameco and JDR supplied power supplies are drop-in replacements on the ][,
][+, and the //e.  (Save for the Jameco //gs power supply ... ).

> 
>      Another alternative is an external power supply from
> Stephen Buggie. These deliver plenty of juice and are
> available with a plug to fit the IIe for less than $30:

        This sounds very good also, if someone doesn't mind the power
supply being external.

> Rubywand

        RwP

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