Mark,
It occurs to me that after Atari went out of business as a computer
manufacturer, they sold all their parts inventory to wholesalers and
closeout houses. Since the Atari 1040ST's power supply module put out all
the standard voltages necessary (+5v, +12v, -12v), I remember that a lot
of techies and experimenters bought lots of them to use in other devices,
most usually, external hard drives, or as gerry-rigged replacement power
supplies in other computers. Maybe even compact Macs.
I wonder if that's where the bunch you found originated?
Rob
>I know they don't look like a compact power supply as they are but I
>suspect they may be what is inside the metal case on one of the
>compacts, not the whole unit. I;m not saying you guys should break open
>the PSU on all your compact Macs, like you would anyway, but maybe a
>more detailed investigation? My dad swears they are for one type of
>Compact Mac, they never had any Atari STEs as they were not used by the
>education authority he worked for, actually that's a lie, one music
>teacher had one STE, the one I used, for Midi. The fact is they bought a
>bulk lot of these PSUs, of which we have 5, for Macs. I'm trying to get
>in touch with the guy who is the technician and used to work with my dad
>to see if he knows.
>
>--
>
>Mark Benson
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