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Very dumb question, regarding my PowerCD

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maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 22:16:16 Hmm, i was looking through the service documentation for the PowerCD, and the little piccie of the Australian vesion of the power adapter looked a lot like a PB100 series adapter. I looked at my adapter, of course to check how many amps it was. Its rated at 7.5VDC, 3 amps. The PowerCD will run at 7 to 11 VDC at 1.2 amps. Now, here is the really dumb question. Can I safely use this adapter with the PowerCD without risking damage? Does the player just accept the 3 amps coming in and die, or does it somehow step it down to 1.2A? Thanks for your help, and yes, i realise i sound very dumb asking this. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 22:51:28 That is not a dumb question, and i heard before: " the only dumb question is one not asked". Thought I would like to know this also. -danny You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 ------- 68k Macintosh Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
Flash Full Member Australia 637 Posts	Posted - 27 Jan 2003 : 04:32:02 All that means is that your PowerCD will draw (probably less than) 1.2 amps off the 3amp transformer. If you made a suitable adaptor you could run "two and a half" PowerCD's off that power supply. So long as the voltages, and the +/- polarity match, you can use any transformer with any device. With the amps, what you have to make sure of is that the device does not draw more than the transformer can handle. For example, if your PowerCD draws 5 amps, and you only have a 2 amp transformer, then you run the risk of blowing up the transformer. hope that helps cheers Flash! 68k ParaMedic
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 27 Jan 2003 : 15:36:15 Good. Its just that i want to try this, but at the same time, i don't want to blow up the coolest CD player i've ever owned! Thanks though. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
candyPunk Full Member USA 856 Posts	Posted - 28 Jan 2003 : 10:31:24 Don't call it a dumb question...I can never figure out stuff like that. You're calling me dumb indirectly! Good explanation, Flash { candyPunk } { Captain of Observation, 68k MLA } { 68k Macs liberated: 4} { My baby: Q660av }
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 30 Jan 2003 : 19:44:15 Well, as I said in the Lounge, thanks to Flash's advice, i now have a fully working PowerCD! Thanks a bunch! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 02:00:29 niice... do you have the adaptors and drivers to use your PowerCD as a CD-ROMdrive for one of your macs? that'd be cool to do gee... have fun Official 68k videographer
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 03 Feb 2003 : 18:15:08 quote: niice... do you have the adaptors and drivers to use your PowerCD as a CD-ROMdrive for one of your macs? that'd be cool to do gee... have fun Official 68k videographer Yeah, it is cool, but slow. Remember, its a 1x CD ROM drive! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
candyPunk Full Member USA 856 Posts	Posted - 09 Feb 2003 : 17:37:13 Yeah, it's 1x, but just look at the thing! It's a beaut! It's great just as decoration { candyPunk } { Captain of Observation, 68k MLA } { 68k Macs liberated: 4} { My baby: Q660av }
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 09 Feb 2003 : 18:29:24 1x = MUSIC + it'll do a PhotoCD slideshow as a standalone unit (sans CPU)! and it's a backup drive for (slow) Data use . . . . . . anything more is overkill! :rolleyes: jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 09 Feb 2003 : 19:05:05 quote: . . . anything more is overkill! :rolleyes: jt ?. Absolutely! <Coot Rant> These young whippersnappers have never had to load System 7.5 on to an old Mac II using 800k disks. They should be grateful for CD-ROMs of any speed. A 1X CD beats loading software from umpteen bazillion floppy disks like we had to in the olden days. </Coot Rant> G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent & User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 09 Feb 2003 : 19:15:58 quote: <Coot Rant> These young whippersnappers have never had to load System 7.5 on to an old Mac II using 800k disks. They should be grateful for CD-ROMs of any speed. A 1X CD beats loading software from umpteen bazillion floppy disks like we had to in the olden days. </Coot Rant> Hey! I had to install 7.5 onto a IIsi using LocalTalk! :eek: ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 12 Feb 2003 : 16:38:18 quote: Hey! I had to install 7.5 onto a IIsi using LocalTalk! :eek: ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0 So, ya can't beat installing Mac OS 8.1 over LocalTalk, or installing Mac OS 9.1 onto my PB1400 off a 2x CD ROM. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
QuadraJets Junior Member USA 344 Posts	Posted - 12 Feb 2003 : 19:01:05 Back "in the day", when I first got my first IIci, I installed 7.6 using 800k floppies-my 1.4 meg drive had just died, and the serial ports were fried, so I borrowed a drive from a Mac II. Since the floppy install files were 1.4mb, I had to use stuffit to make 800k segments out of the 7.6 installer. I only had two 800k disks to do the entire install (around 50 segments). That was a long night Artillery Commander/Engineer, 68kMLA Liberated: LCII , III+, IIci, Q700, 800, and 840av, P550, 410 Contraband: Beige G3/300 MT o/c 400mhz, (2) 6100's Keeper of the 68kmla Hotline mirror server: 68k.dyndns.org
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 12 Feb 2003 : 19:08:40 quote: quote: Hey! I had to install 7.5 onto a IIsi using LocalTalk! :eek: ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0 So, ya can't beat installing Mac OS 8.1 over LocalTalk, or installing Mac OS 9.1 onto my PB1400 off a 2x CD ROM. Sure you can, you can boot a recalcitrant pooter off of a CD in one paleolithic caddy loading sluggard and install a different OS onto the HDD that balked at booting/installing on its own. 1x and 2x CD's are wonderful things . . . and next to free! . . . well . . . mine WERE free! However, the good money I paid for the PowerCd Refurb (my very first CD) was one of my better digital tool investments. jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
candyPunk Full Member USA 856 Posts	Posted - 14 Feb 2003 : 15:57:46 quote: Back "in the day", when I first got my first IIci, I installed 7.6 using 800k floppies-my 1.4 meg drive had just died, and the serial ports were fried, so I borrowed a drive from a Mac II. Since the floppy install files were 1.4mb, I had to use stuffit to make 800k segments out of the 7.6 installer. I only had two 800k disks to do the entire install (around 50 segments). That was a long night Good lord. That, my friend, is very resourceful and an admirable example of determination. quote: 1x and 2x CD's are wonderful things . . . and next to free! . . . well . . . mine WERE free! I got a free 8x external cd drive recently. I was really pleased. It came with 2 compact macs and a bunch of other fun random crap. I haven't tested the drive yet. I've barely touched my 68k's at all, really... { candyPunk } { Captain of Observation, 68k MLA } { 68k Macs liberated: 4} { My baby: Q660av }
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 02 Apr 2003 : 03:55:28 quote: 1x = MUSIC + it'll do a PhotoCD slideshow as a standalone unit (sans CPU)! and it's a backup drive for (slow) Data use . . . . . . anything more is overkill! :rolleyes: jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF Btw, did i tell you that the PowerCD makes for a really cool audio CD player? -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:26:26 I've loaded system 7.6 over localtalk. AND a full install of Office 6. AND ClarisWorks. AND loads of other stuff. off of localtalk... I've even done it over localtalk from a machine hooked into the iMac by ethernet. "Everything comes from the imac" Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
loopsi Starting Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted - 08 Apr 2003 : 18:27:12 quote: quote: Hey! I had to install 7.5 onto a IIsi using LocalTalk! :eek: ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0 So, ya can't beat installing Mac OS 8.1 over LocalTalk, or installing Mac OS 9.1 onto my PB1400 off a 2x CD ROM. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.? - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Don't laugh - I installed OS X on a 7300/120 (7300 with 120mhz 604 card) off a 2x CD-ROM!

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