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> They've been guilty of this practice for as long as they've been making electronics - I think it was the NES or the SNES that used a standard barrel jack and
by tivert 3y ago
> They've been guilty of this practice for as long as they've been making electronics - I think it was the NES or the SNES that used a standard barrel jack and voltage, but reversed the polarity, with no circuit to protect the console.
Is there actually a standard about that? IIRC, recently things have drifted towards "center positive" as customary, but most adapters and devices have the little diagram about how they're wired for a reason.
- epakai 3y agoAudio and audio adjacent gear is nearly all center negative. Everything else is probably center positive, but you still have to check. No standards.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI think everything I've seen that sony makes is centre negative. For their consoles, this only mattered for the psone and slim ps2. Always seemed dumb to me, since you'd want the "ground" side to make contact first when inserting.