What unofficial power supplies work for the Atari Jaguar?
I just recently bought an Atari Jaguar on ebay, but it was sold as is because there was no cords that came with it. I was planning on buying an official power supply, but I want to test it with one I already have. I just want to know if its safe to just test it with the power supply I have.
This is the specs for the adapter I have:
INPUT 120VAC 60Hz 21W
OUTPUT 9VDC 1200mA
and I think the polarity (+)---(@)--(-)
2 Answers
The official Atari Jaguar power supply outputs 9V at 1.2A, which means any power supply you use will need to output exactly 9V and at least 1.2A. So your power supply will work assuming the connector fits and the polarity is correct. The Jaguar uses a center negative power supply.
This is the symbol for center negative. If your power supply has that, it will work.
Note the difference from a center positive symbol.
I've used my power supply for guitar effect pedals, as they (usually) use a center negative power supply, are 9v output and are pretty cheap. I have a 1Spot daisy chained power supply - I'm thinking I could even power multiple system (Jaguar, Sega Genesis, etc...) using it - since it's made to daisy chain multiple 9v pedals from the same plug.
