Amiga Power Supply Battle: Commodore vs Electroware

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Published on April 18, 2024 8:20:11 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgHCCX-VIIs

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The original power supplies of our Commodore home computers are now at least 30 years old. Many need maintenance, some got lost or are defective. There are modern replacements. But are those any good? Are they better or worse than the old supplies? In this video we will compare my original Amiga 500 supply to a modern Mean Well based PSU by Electroware. We will mostly compare the ripple that both PSUs produce, which is one of the main factors that could disrupt the functionality of a computer.

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Music: A Little Wonder by Spino2006

Electroware PSUs: https://www.c64psu.com
EEVBlog Oscilloscope Probes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzo4Ntxqu1E

0:00 Introduction
4:55 Test Setup with Amiga 500
9:00 Resistive Test Load
10:34 Z0-Probe
13:31 Commodore PSU Ripple
17:14 Electroware PSU Ripple
20:35 Conclusion