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Re:C64 / VIC20 / C128 PSU Open Sourced by sbuttgereit on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:33AM (#18920643)
I remember that bit of fun all too well... or I am going senile...

Back when these things were new and shiny, I had a power supply go and I was pretty sure it was just a fuse. Easy change.... except for the fact it was, as I quickly learned, a de facto fossil inside a beige-ish (as I dimmly remember) block of solidified goo. I was wondering why it was so hard to get the power supply case off...

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Re:C64 / VIC20 / C128 PSU Open Sourced by jandrese on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:45PM (#18922973)
The whole thing was prone to overheating IIRC, which shortened its life. Being completely encased in resin probably didn't help the heat dissipation.
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Re:C64 / VIC20 / C128 PSU Open Sourced by regularfry on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:38AM (#18920686)
That does explain why the damn thing felt like such a brick.
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