Oh, mighty Walrustitty, god of all that is Atari 8-bit, I supplicate thee:
I got an Atari 800 here, but no power supply. It looks like the power supply iis some kind of coaxial thing maybe with a notch at the top. What voltages is it looking for? What's minimum current I need to be able to supply?
Bruce
Re: Atari 800 help needed
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:16 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
bruce wrote:Oh, mighty Walrustitty, god of all that is Atari 8-bit, I supplicate thee:
I got an Atari 800 here, but no power supply. It looks like the power supply iis some kind of coaxial thing maybe with a notch at the top. What voltages is it looking for? What's minimum current I need to be able to supply?
Bruce
Did you ever need an answer to that? Because I got my 800 working and can provide this information.
Re: Atari 800 help needed
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:15 pm
by bruce
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Did you ever need an answer to that? Because I got my 800 working and can provide this information.
It's 110 VAC, I think.
Bruce
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:47 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Well, after -- what? -- 30 years? The power supply to my Atari is dead. (Or my Atari 800 is dead.)
Unacceptable! (Not having a working 800, not the power supply dying after 30 years.)
Men, I'll be honest with you: I'm scared.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:09 pm
by Flack
You should have grabbed one from my garage while you were out there. I have one sitting on the shelf, I think. Thing is, I don't have an 800, so I have no way of testing it. I can mail it to you, if you want.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:43 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
HERE IS HOW this thread is gonna work.
The 800 and 800 XL take a different power supply. I figured this out the hard way by buying them both.
I got my XL working.
If anyone needs a power supply to an 800 and is a poster in good standing, just bump this thread. Thank-you for loving Jolt Country Dot Com.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:21 pm
by Flack
I was poking around and found this video on Youtube -- it's a tutorial for using an ATX power supply for an 800XL. Might be handy if yours craps out again.
I *think* the Atari 800 and 5200 use the same power supply, but I might be wrong on that.
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:01 am
by AArdvark
Is it the same power just supplied in a different connector, or actually different voltages/amps?