AC/DC was Re: [plug] Smoke escaped

[bob]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:11 pm, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, quoth Harry McNally:
> > Some are AC and some DC and I've had one that I changed from a DC
> > plugpack someone had decided would do (it did make the lights go on and
> > _seemed_ ok) but the AC pack made it _actually_ dial and connect.
>
> It's more fun when you mix them up the other way
> ie plug an AC plugpack into a DC modem
>
> Seen a few modems lose the smoke that way
>
> :)

Sorry to disappoint you guys but its a 7.5v DC "wart" so I dialed that up on 
my bench psu to test it.

(umm... picks up and checks again... yep, 7.5 DC)

>  - Matt

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