auto_cran Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I just picked up an Atari 400 with no power supply. I do have an Atari 600XL and an 800XL. Will the power supply on those work on with the 400? I also have an extra power supply for my Atari 2600jr - will that work for the 400? Thanks! Chris (auto_cran) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvas Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The 400 requires 9V AC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 1050 PSU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 (edited) I just picked up an Atari 400 with no power supply. I do have an Atari 600XL and an 800XL. Will the power supply on those work on with the 400? I also have an extra power supply for my Atari 2600jr - will that work for the 400? Thanks! Chris (auto_cran) No. 400 requires a 9 V AC with a different plug from XLs. XL\XE ps is +5V DC. Edited August 12, 2012 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto_cran Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Thanks guys. I just pulled out the XLs and saw that the plugs are very different from the 400. I do have the Atari 1050 drive - and the plug looks the same as that for the 400. Am I safe to use that? Very curious to see if this 400 will fire up - but I don't want to ruin it my using a wrong voltage PS. thanks! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KubaCZ Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I have used 1050 power supply on 400 and 800, even NES/SNES PSUs work iirc, but try it at your own risk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I do have the Atari 1050 drive - and the plug looks the same as that for the 400. Am I safe to use that? Have no fear with the 1050 power supply. It's the same. Don't know about SNES/NES stuff, personally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The tip for the NES PSU is too small for the 400/800/1200XL and the SNES tip won't even fit at all. You can't use DC power supplies either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto_cran Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Thanks for all the tips. I used the 1050 PS and sure enough the little 400 powered up (and sounds from the keys can be heard). Pluged it into an old tv and got the memo pad screen so it seems to work (although the video cord is frayed where it comes out of the bottom of the machine - I take it this is common?). Also - this is off topic - but is there anyway to hook up the 400 to a monitor that takes an RCA plug? I used to hook up my XLs to DIN (round) plugs and then to Commodore monitors that take RCA plugs. It would be nice if I could use that same monitor for the 400 rather than a TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auto_cran Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Also - this is off topic - but is there anyway to hook up the 400 to a monitor that takes an RCA plug? I used to hook up my XLs to DIN (round) plugs and then to Commodore monitors that take RCA plugs. It would be nice if I could use that same monitor for the 400 rather than a TV. I did some quick research - looks like I would have to hack it to get the 400 to use a monitor. Looks like I'll be using that old TV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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