[Coco] CoCo shedding some weight (and heat!)

[Robert Emery]

On a CoCo 3, if it's a 5v supply, it _can_ work but you won't have cassette
or serial I/O or RF output.
 A Pepper board fixes that, but it needs minimum 7v in, so you either need
a 9-12v supply, or you can use a step-up converter, but those can be
electrically noisy.
 By itself, at 12v, the CoCo 3 draws just over half an amp.
 I'm not sure about CoCo 2s, but I think they run entirely off 5v.


On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 11:38 PM Salvador Garcia via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> Would a Pico power supply work for the CoCo? Thanks Salvador
>
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo shedding some weight (and heat!)
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> There is a tutorial on wiring up an external power supply (PC type) in
> "Tandy's Little Wonder". IIRC there is something on using battery power
> as well...
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