Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!mailrus!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!estinc!fnf From: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A500 power supply (how good is it?) Message-ID: <215@estinc.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 15:25:54 GMT References: <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP> <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM> Reply-To: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. Lines: 14 In article <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes: >You shouldn't leave your power supply on for a single minute longer than you >absolutely must. The A500 power supplies only have so much power installed >in them when they leave the factory, and when you've used that up, you're >finished. Actually, they run off smoke and are fully charged when they leave the factory. As proof of this, when the smoke escapes, the power supply must be replaced. :-) -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA # 1-602-491-0048 asuvax!{nud,mcdphx}!estinc!fnf