[rescue] IPC/IPX PSU replacement

[Dan Moisa]

Thanks for the details! The PSU for sparcstation 1+ etc and 3/80 seem to
have off-the-shelf ICs on it, but I'll check again. Understand how that's
not the case on the IPX

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 8:40 AM Andy Piercy <andy.piercy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> The custom IC, a Sony part, was never sold outside Sun - so this would be
> a bit difficult if the IC was at fault, like my blown PSU.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy.
>
> On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 16:37, Dan Moisa via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried a PCB reverse engineering service? I'm thinking of
>> sending them a few PSUs, for the fun of having these historical artifacts
>> well documented.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2024, 04:28 Michael Dombrowski via rescue <
>> rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>> I agree that it looks great as well, and not too expensive. I've not
>>> built it, but I love to see the concept - I'm trying to do the same for a
>>> Decstation 5000/200. I need to figure out the power monitoring circuitry.
>>> If you end up going forward with it and have extra PCBs I might be
>>> interested in snagging one from you as an IPX is on my wishlist.
>>>
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 05:39:50 AM CDT, Richard via rescue <
>>> rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> I need to replace my IPC/IPX PSU. Has anyone built one of these?
>>> https://github.com/hanshuebner/ipx-psu-replacement (not my design but
>>> fantastic as far as I can tell)
>>>
>>> Richard
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