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Offline brianb

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Re: A1200 power through the floppy molex connector?
« on: March 15, 2009, 04:12:07 PM »

I personally wouldn't bring in power through the floppy connector...

My $0.02...

- You may be bypassing some important power conditioning circuits.

- You won't bring in the -12v line, which is probably necessary for the audio and serial circuits.

- You won't have the earth ground line.  Maybe not a big deal, but could possibly cause some audio noise.

The standard power supply on the 500/600/1200 has the following lines...

+12V
-12V
+5V
Ground
Earth Ground

I learned a lot about the PS building my "mega" power supply  for my 1200...

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2905=10



 

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Re: A1200 power through the floppy molex connector?
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2009, 04:13:34 PM »

I personally wouldn't bring in power through the floppy connector...

My $0.02...

- You may be bypassing some important power conditioning circuits.

- You won't bring in the -12v line, which is probably necessary for the audio and serial circuits.

- You won't have the earth ground line.  Maybe not a big deal, but could possibly cause some audio noise.

The standard power supply on the 500/600/1200 has the following lines...

+12V
-12V
+5V
Ground
Earth Ground

I learned a lot about the PS building my "mega" power supply  for my 1200...

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2905=10