Re: How to Fix a Rats Nest of Cables at a Workstation

Joel Kolstad wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:462F867A.4ACEE307@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At 3+ pounds its no longer a wart, its a tumor.

Remember the old Colecovision power supplies from the '80s? Seemed like they
were being sold by All Electronics and similar surplus places for years at
$5.95 a pop.

It definitely qualified as a tumor.

Wow, eBay still has them available... here's one that gives some idea of
scale:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-Colecovision-Coleco-Power-Supply-Atari-2600-Paddles_W0QQitemZ120108443562QQihZ002QQcategoryZ49230QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



I've junked every one of those Adam "computers" I've ever had the
misfortune to have enter my shop. I think that I still have a couple of
the power supplies in storage. Someone bought thousands of the surplus
Coleco Adam power supplies and put them in a metal box, with binding
posts, then sold them as dirt cheap bench supplies. They were selling
from $49.95 to $79.95

People used to come into my computer store, wanting a used XT or 286
AT. Some wanted to use their existing printer and monitor. Then I
would discover that they had bought one of the Coleco Adam printers at a
flea market, and the monitor turned out to be an old B&W TV set.


BTW, I have a couple HUGE NCR switching power supplies from a couple
minicomputers I scrapped.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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