Knuckledragger

w00t! Nice setup there. Excuse my ignorance, but what's your source?

I sure don't want to live there!

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... I had hoped Spritzer was kidding. Normal is not going to do it. This calls for EPIC FACEPALM.

The transvestite is what makes that ad brilliant.

I went to Rat Shack and got a 15v/1A PSU and the proper tip ("Q" type according to RS nomenclature.) I set the tip polarity correctyl (positive) plugged it n and ...nothing. Even with a USB connection to my PC ...nothing. I could be that this scanner is dead, and that's why it was separated from its PSU, or it could be that it's bitchy enough to work with 15v when it wants 16v. I have a feeling I'm done futzing with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z70zNOSZ160

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I'm sure you've seen that before, Duggeh.

Thanks, I'm looking into a couple of those options now. The Rat Shack solution would be the simplest, the Agfa doesn't mind operating at 1v less than normal. I did a quick peek on ebay, and there are a mess of 16v PSUs. I notice most seem to have the same size barrel connector. I wonder is 16v is standardized the way 9v is (often) when it comes to wall warts.

I picked up two rare EPs by the excellent (and criminally ignored) Canadian group Perfume Tree. I got Fathom the Sky and the uber-rare Roots EP. The latter turns out to be an official CDR from the band, ca. 1999. I got quite lucky getting it for $10 in a Buy It Now auction. Bidding wars for rare Perfume Tree can get ugly. I've seen the Remote EP bring well over $100.

Good idea but I am uh, not one who should be trusted around a soldering iron. The last electronics project I made was in high school, ca. 1991. Blinking lights for a model railroad crossing grade, that used IR leds to trigger. It didn't work.

Analog audio signals should never be inside a computer case. KTHX.

A friend of mine gave me an Agfa Snapscan 1212u flatbed scanner (USB). It appears to be an older, but very nice unit. Unfortunately, he didn't have the power supply for it. It needs 16 volds DC/900mA, in a barrel connector <mumble> size, tip positive. I can get one of the connectors @ Rat Shack, but where am I going to find a 16v PSU that puts 1A or so?