[Coco] [COCO] ATX to CoCo3 conversion

Phill Harvey-Smith afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk
Tue Sep 25 09:54:05 EDT 2012


On 25/09/2012 14:31, Andrew wrote:
> David,
> Regarding ATX supplies: Don't go for the cheapest supply; some of them
> can and do catch fire on occasion! You don't need to spend $200.00

One other thing, you'd be well advised to fit fuses between the supply 
and the CoCo. Even modest AT/ATX supplies are rated at several tens of 
amps on the 5V line, a fault that causes your CoCo to draw 20A will not 
trip the PSU, but may well make the magic smoke escape from your CoCo :(

Cheers.

Phill.





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