CD32 PSU from an A1200?

[StevenJGore]

I made myself a 60W PSU for my CD32/SX32 Pro using a 60W PSU from an A500 and the lead from an old CD32 PSU, which ended up looking like this.

I cut the power cable from the A500 PSU (the one with the A500 power connector on the end) inside the PSU itself, and joined the black power cable from the CD32 (the one with the CD32 power connector on the end) inside the PSU using medium-sized terminal blocks. I didn't use a multimeter or anything like that, I just matched the colours of the wires and used a bit of common sense! It worked perfectly, by the way! :-)

Joining the cables inside the A500 PSU gave a nice neat solution, IMHO. 8-)

Steve.

[StevenJGore]

Instead I bought StevenJGore's excellent converted A500 PSU

It was you who won my 60W CD32 PSU on eBay? It's a small world! :-)

It gives me enough power to supply the CD32/SX32 with HD, an external Floppy and keyboard.

I had exactly the same setup, and was experiencing random resets and crashes due to power problems. I decided to make a heavy-duty CD32 PSU myself, due to a lack of ready-made commercial solutions. My CD32 ran perfectly after that!

Glad you're happy with it!

Steve.