Need specs for IBM PC Convertible power supply

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

> >> It's too late and past my bedtime for me to give cognizant answers :-)
> >
> >Can you just put a voltmeter to it in the morning and let me know?
> >Thanks!
> >
>
> Hi Sellam
>  Finding the polarity is usually easy. Most setups
> connect the ground directly to the power leads. The
> positive lead would go through regulators and parts
> to the ground. So, unless your machine has a direct
> short, an ohmmeter should be all that is needed
> to determine the negative lead.

Thanks.  Figured it out using this message.  Now I'm trying to find a
power supply that can fit into the connector hole.  The connector is set
deep into the case.  I got one of these barely working with a 12V supply
that could fit but it only blinked on for a split second a few times.

Ugh.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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