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MMS
on 2009-01-08
15:48:39
 Re: looking for a Plus 4 console

Hi Chicken,
Great input, and thanks for the PSU suggestion. Should it be set very precisely, or it won't harm the computer with slightly higher voltage?
Any time I check Vatera.hu or Ebay.de (both I use for my purchases), 50-60% of C16 computers are without PSU (it really confirms, how weak design it was). I had one, and it was hot like hell, I could boil some water on it...

Just recently I saw a C16 one, which had an alternative PSU, without potmeter:
http://www.vatera.hu/commodore_c_16_os_118921725.html

It is also mentioned here:
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28137&sid=ffca0e253c1a29b85b9fe89270cb2458

In fact the C16 has a much more rigid, but harder and noisier keyboard than Plus/4. In fact the cursos buttons of the plus/4 positioned much better place, BUT they had a very strange push feeling...
If I would do a comparison, Plus/4 keys behave like the laptop keyboard now (or the Genius superslim I use now), while C16 had a robust old fashioned PC keyboard style.
In fact I was also surprised, when after C16 very first time I used a C64C, C64 had much softer buttons...
In case of C16 you REALLY hear, if someone is programming next room happy



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