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ADAM Computer System Power Supply (uses Mean Well RT-50A)

Walters Software Co. · Power Supply
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ADAM Computer System Power Supply (uses Mean Well RT-50A)
Catalogue IDHW-0224
ManufacturerWalters Software Co.
Person or teamJim Walters
TypePower Supply (Power)
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

An external ADAM power supply from Walters Software, built around a Mean Well RT-50A.

Why a software house

  • Because by then somebody had to. The ADAM's own supply lives inside its daisy wheel printer, so a machine without a working printer will not start - and printers were failing.
  • Walters Software was still publishing catalogues into the 1990s, long after most suppliers had gone, so it fell to them to sell whatever owners needed.

What it must deliver

  • +12V on two pins, +5V, -5V and ground. The negative rail is why an ordinary adapter cannot be substituted and a multi-output unit like the RT-50A is the sensible basis.