falter
Veteran Member
Not sure if anyone can assist on this one.
I got myself an Albert clone finally. Cosmetically it looks excellent. It is missing the disk drives but came with the power supply unit that would usually be installed in the housing for that. I have some questions that googling hasn't answered:
1) What voltage is the silver DC PSU supposed to put out? When I tested it here, it looks to be about +27VDC or something like that.
2) Is the keyboard cable anything special or just a straight through? I'm wondering if I could use a phone cable like the Amiga 1000.
3) I've heard the power supply was a major problem for these machines. Superficially the one in there looks ok.. it's not burnt or anything and looks quite clean. Assuming the external DC supply voltage is ok.. shall I plug it in and see?
4) Also, trying to confirm for sure the slots conform fully to Apple II standards. The manual seems to suggest they are but doesn't explicitly say you can plug in your apple expansion cards.
I got myself an Albert clone finally. Cosmetically it looks excellent. It is missing the disk drives but came with the power supply unit that would usually be installed in the housing for that. I have some questions that googling hasn't answered:
1) What voltage is the silver DC PSU supposed to put out? When I tested it here, it looks to be about +27VDC or something like that.
2) Is the keyboard cable anything special or just a straight through? I'm wondering if I could use a phone cable like the Amiga 1000.
3) I've heard the power supply was a major problem for these machines. Superficially the one in there looks ok.. it's not burnt or anything and looks quite clean. Assuming the external DC supply voltage is ok.. shall I plug it in and see?
4) Also, trying to confirm for sure the slots conform fully to Apple II standards. The manual seems to suggest they are but doesn't explicitly say you can plug in your apple expansion cards.