Qbus
Veteran Member
Would put this under rants if it were open but it’s also humorous. I have a old MSEA Military 386 system that I have in a rack and use for running DOS applications, some of the radio programing software I use requires an old system and wont run on new hardware. It uses a unique Power Solutions MAP130-4000 power supply and have had to repair it once or twice before. Well this time it burnt a hole thru the circuit board under the switching transformer so it basically thru.
Being you can find everything on EBay I went and did a search and several showed up. They were all used and three of them were just under $400.00, six were around $650 each and two were $3,750.00 for power supplies. You can still buy new MAP130-4000 power supplies from Power Solutions for around $275.00 or you can pay a lot more for a used one from EBay.
Two of them were listed for $90 and I did an offer of $40 for one of them and bought it but have to wonder if any of these people trying to sell this stuff for crazy prices like the two for $3,750.00 ever sell anything?
Being you can find everything on EBay I went and did a search and several showed up. They were all used and three of them were just under $400.00, six were around $650 each and two were $3,750.00 for power supplies. You can still buy new MAP130-4000 power supplies from Power Solutions for around $275.00 or you can pay a lot more for a used one from EBay.
Two of them were listed for $90 and I did an offer of $40 for one of them and bought it but have to wonder if any of these people trying to sell this stuff for crazy prices like the two for $3,750.00 ever sell anything?