The +2 grey and +3 PSUs
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:41 pm
Hi, I'm a UK based Retro computing newbie, and over the holiday period I acquired a +2 grey and a +3 spectrum, as well as a C64.
With the C64 I've had to get a new power supply with overvoltage protection because the majority of them are basically guaranteed to kill your machine eventually.
I was wondering if the grey +2 and the +3 speccy PSUs have a similar "ticking timebomb" problem? I've seen people talk about PSU's for some other old computers say things like "Well, unlike the C64, the worst that will happen with this PSU is it will fail and just not work".
The PSUs I have for my grey +2 and +3 are the original chunky grey brick (+2), and even chunkier massive black brick + red lettering (+3).
As a newbie before I start using the machines much I'd like to find out what are the concerns - if any - with these PSUs and are there any recommended actions I should take?
Thanks!
With the C64 I've had to get a new power supply with overvoltage protection because the majority of them are basically guaranteed to kill your machine eventually.
I was wondering if the grey +2 and the +3 speccy PSUs have a similar "ticking timebomb" problem? I've seen people talk about PSU's for some other old computers say things like "Well, unlike the C64, the worst that will happen with this PSU is it will fail and just not work".
The PSUs I have for my grey +2 and +3 are the original chunky grey brick (+2), and even chunkier massive black brick + red lettering (+3).
As a newbie before I start using the machines much I'd like to find out what are the concerns - if any - with these PSUs and are there any recommended actions I should take?
Thanks!