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#A500 Powerpack

    09-Nov-87 01:44:35
Sb: #92540-#A500 Powerpack
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Ena Gloria Warmington 72017,1442
E.G. (Gloria? What do I call you? Ena?) The reason it's so light is that it's a "switcher" type of power supply — it doesn't use the same type of electronics to generate the appropriate power signals for you Amiga as your old C128 supply. It _should_ be reasonably light. The real problem with it is that it is built incredibly shabbily inside. Don't EVER drop the thing! And then there is the fact that it can put out just enough for the A500 and just a _little_ more… that was _stupid_, in my opinion. We have to keep in mind that the edict to the design team was almost surely "keep it cheap!" but it's not much comfort when you want to add a framastat and there's only enough power for a swoggle. –Ben–