Atari 800 help needed

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:19 pm

Oh, mighty Walrustitty, god of all that is Atari 8-bit, I supplicate thee:

I got an Atari 800 here, but no power supply. It looks like the power supply iis some kind of coaxial thing maybe with a notch at the top. What voltages is it looking for? What's minimum current I need to be able to supply?

Bruce

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:16 pm

bruce wrote:Oh, mighty Walrustitty, god of all that is Atari 8-bit, I supplicate thee:

I got an Atari 800 here, but no power supply. It looks like the power supply iis some kind of coaxial thing maybe with a notch at the top. What voltages is it looking for? What's minimum current I need to be able to supply?

Bruce

Did you ever need an answer to that? Because I got my 800 working and can provide this information.

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:15 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Did you ever need an answer to that? Because I got my 800 working and can provide this information.

It's 110 VAC, I think.

Bruce

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:47 pm

Well, after -- what? -- 30 years? The power supply to my Atari is dead. (Or my Atari 800 is dead.)

Unacceptable! (Not having a working 800, not the power supply dying after 30 years.)

Men, I'll be honest with you: I'm scared.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:09 pm

You should have grabbed one from my garage while you were out there. I have one sitting on the shelf, I think. Thing is, I don't have an 800, so I have no way of testing it. I can mail it to you, if you want.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:43 pm

HERE IS HOW this thread is gonna work.

The 800 and 800 XL take a different power supply. I figured this out the hard way by buying them both.

I got my XL working.

If anyone needs a power supply to an 800 and is a poster in good standing, just bump this thread. Thank-you for loving Jolt Country Dot Com.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:21 pm

I was poking around and found this video on Youtube -- it's a tutorial for using an ATX power supply for an 800XL. Might be handy if yours craps out again.

I *think* the Atari 800 and 5200 use the same power supply, but I might be wrong on that.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:01 am

Is it the same power just supplied in a different connector, or actually different voltages/amps?

Connector splicing is always a positive thing.

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