Power Supply Info

Rating

This is the voltage/current that the power supply is rated for.
Voltage

• Some consoles require two or more different voltages.
• Some power supplies output AC, and others DC.
• In general, a console designed to run on AC will work just swell on DC juice. At worst, feeding DC to a console made to run on AC will not work, but it won't damage anything.
• Sometimes the voltage is regulated at the power supply, but most often it isn't.
• If you measure the voltage on an unregulated power supply without a load, it will read much higher than the rating indicates. This is normal.

Current

• The current rating is what the power supply is capable of outputting. It is not what the power supply will output. Many people mistakenly believe that substituting a 1A supply for a 500mA one will overpower a console and fry it. This is simply false. The console determines the load put on the power supply, and the supply simply has to be able to keep up.
• When substituting supplies, a supply with a higher current rating than the original is preferrable to one with a lower rating.

Plug type

When possible, the type of plug and its size is indicated.

Polarity

DC supplies have a definite polarity. AC ones don't. While a well designed console will protect itself against reverse polarity, don't count on it when you're randomly swapping supplies.

Alternative

This indicates what other power supplies will safely run this console without modifying either the power supply or the console.
(I don't care about the fantastic method you've discovered of rigging shit together, which somebody else discovered long before you did anyway. That's not the point. I'm never again telling twits how to go slicing these things up. The crybabies will always blame me when they fuck things up, and they always fuck things up. Been there, done that, learned lesson.)

Atari 2600	Rating	9VDC, 500mA
	Plug type	1/8" phone
	Polarity	Tip positive
	Alternative	All atari-made models of the 2600 have compatible power supplies.
Atari 5200	Rating	4-port: 9.3VDC, 1.95A 2-port: 11.5VDC, 1.95A
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center positive
	Alternative	The power supply for both the 2-port and 4-port are identical and completely interchangeable, even though the plates indicate different ratings.
Atari 7800	Rating	9VDC, 1A
	Plug type	unique
	Polarity
	Alternative	Nothing I can think of
Atari 2800 / Sears Video Arcade II	Rating	10VAC, 750mA
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	n/a
	Alternative	Atari 5200 Atari Jaguar SMS / Genesis TurboGrafx-16
Atari Video Pinball	Rating	9VDC, 500mA
	Plug type	1/8" phone
	Polarity	Tip positive
	Alternative	Atari 2600
Atari 600XL, 800XL, 65XE	Rating	Regulated 5VDC, 1.5A
	Plug type	7-pin DIN
	Pinout	4 1 6 = +5VDC 5 3 7 = GND 2 = no connection
	Alternative	none
	Important notes	This power supply has its own regulation. Do not try to power the console with an unregulated power supply.
Atari Jaguar	Rating	9VDC, 1.2A
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center negative
	Alternative	TurboGrafx-16
APF M1000, APF MP1000	Rating	7.5VAC, 800mA
	Plug type	?
	Polarity	?
	Alternative	?
ColecoVision	Rating	Regulated 5VDC, .9A Regulated -5VDC, .1A Regulated 12VDC, .3A
	Plug type	Weird 4 1 3 2
	Pinout	1: +5V (white) 2: -5V (blue) 3: +12V (red) 4: GND (black)
	Alternative	Nothing on this planet. Don't even think of plugging a TI99/4A power supply into it.
Emerson Arcadia 2001	Rating	12VDC, 600mA
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center positive
	Alternative	Atari 5200 (loose fit, though)
Magnavox Odyssey˛	Rating	11.5VAC, 400mA
	Plug type	Early: 1/8" phone Later: coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	n/a
	Alternative	Early: Atari 2600 Later: Atari 5200, NES
Intellivision II or Entertainment Computer System	Rating	16.7VAC, 1A
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	n/a
	Alternative	Atari 5200 Atari Jaguar TurboGrafx-16
	Notes	That 16.7V jazz is utter horseshit. I can't believe people go to such extreme measures to find a substitute power supply for these things. It's actual power requirements are about as generic as they get.
NEC TurboGrafx-16	Rating	10.5VDC, 730mA
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center negative
	Alternative	SMS / Genesis
Nintendo NES	Rating	9VAC, 1.3A
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	n/a
	Alternative	Atari 5200 Atari Jaguar TurboGrafx-16
Nintendo SNES	Rating	10VDC, 850mA
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center negative
	Alternative	none
Sega Master System	Rating	9VDC, 1A
	Plug type	coaxial ??mm/??mm
	Polarity	Center negative
	Alternative	Atari Jaguar TurboGrafx-16

Jay Tilton
06/28/98