Strange PSU in a UK auction

[orion70]

Auction HERE.



It's listed in the DenialWIKI page dedicated to power supplies, but apparently it's totally different from the one depicted there:



Thoughts?

[Mayhem]

Yeah that's a new one on me...

[16KVIC20]

The top one looks almost the same as the PSU for my Dragon 32, the only difference being that the D32 PSU is white (well it was once!)

[srowe]

Googling it appears that "WSW" stands for Wiener Schwachstrom Werke, an Austrian company. My guess is that CBM were unable to get enough PSUs at some point and ordered a similar part from a UK company. The shape and the rivets seem vaguely familiar, I must have seen something similar before.

[Vic20-Ian]

The WSW one in the second picture looks fairly standard 2 pin Vic20 psu.

The riveted one is indeed unusual but made in England - it looks like one of the old Scalextrix or Hornby transformers which would likely be UK sourced.

[orion70]

Notice they have the same P/N.

[16KVIC20]

The WSW one in the second picture looks fairly standard 2 pin Vic20 psu.

The riveted one is indeed unusual but made in England - it looks like one of the old Scalextrix or Hornby transformers which would likely be UK sourced.

Yes, I was going to say Scalextric. It reminds me of the one I had in the set we got for Christmas 1980 or 81.
I double checked my Dragon 32 PSU, I'm sure the case is the same, except it's white. Different internals of course.

[Vic20-Ian]

The WSW one in the second picture looks fairly standard 2 pin Vic20 psu.

The riveted one is indeed unusual but made in England - it looks like one of the old Scalextrix or Hornby transformers which would likely be UK sourced.

Yes, I was going to say Scalextric. It reminds me of the one I had in the set we got for Christmas 1980 or 81.
I double checked my Dragon 32 PSU, I'm sure the case is the same, except it's white. Different internals of course.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970s-1980s- ... 3853420005

Riveting......