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17 September 2018, 16:53
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Amiga Man
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana / United States
Posts: 63
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Current PlipBox Power question...
Will the current plipbox design
 needing only +5v  and a newer +12v 3a/ -12v 2a/ +5v 3a switching power supply  support it without the use of an external 5v supply?  With a fuse-able resistor upgraded from 1/8w to 1/2w that is?  Thoughts? 
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17 September 2018, 17:02
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Dublin, then Glasgow
Posts: 6,351
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Beware, there appear to be different variants of the PLIPBox that have different power requirements. One variant uses 5V directly, the other has a solid-state relay or something and a 5V regulator, and needs around 8-9V to work.
I have been working on some replacement PSUs for someone, and by request have been adding a DC out jack to them to provide a 5V supply for a PLIPBox. 3A should be enough on the 5V line for the Amiga and modest expansions. I'm not sure what you're talking about regarding the resistor however... |
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17 September 2018, 19:17
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Amiga Man
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana / United States
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Its a true dedicated 5v plipbox.
 The resistor is the one used as a "fuse" on the mainboard of the amiga to blow out if too much load is applied, same as the joy/mouse port resistor. From pin 14 of parallel port... Last edited by BMD; 17 September 2018 at 19:23. |
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