PDP8 power supply G8018

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Tony Duell wrote:

>>Commodore 64C, so should I just chuck the whole thing and use a Commodore
>>emulator because I'm unworthy of grace due to the fact I didn't like the
>>original unreliable 64 brick?
> 
> 
> Hmm... IIRC the C64 brick is potted, and almost impossible to repair. 
> Unlike the C128 brick, which is trivial to open, and not hard to repair 
> (I've had mine apart).
> 
> I think what I'd want to do in that case would be to build a replacement 
> PSU that followed the design of the Commodore one as closely as 
> possible, but which was repairable, and used generously-rated components 
> so it was more reliable. But I would not want to replace the whole thing 
> with a switcher, which is totally non-original.

You could get a third-party replacement C64 PSU which was a switcher. 
No, I don't know how they did the 12V AC line.
They were incredibly reliable, ran very cool, and a fraction of the 
weight of the originals.

Gordon.