Japan: 9V DC 1.2A + 16V DC 250 mA
Sweden, Italy, CV Mk II: 9.2V AC 1A + 16V AC 250 mA
Hong Kong, South Africa, Austria, Wizzard: 9V AC 1A + 16V AC 250 mA
Rameses: 9V 1A + 16V 250 mA (not specified AC or DC)
Only the Japanese power supply has a pinout printed on the case:
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# _ _ 1 = 16V
# / v \ 2 = 16V
# |1 5| 3 = N (NC?)
# |2 4| 4 = -9V
# \_3_/ 5 = +9V
Now to the computer version, the Laser 2001. As mentioned elsewhere, recently an early machine was spotted and seems to take the same inputs as the Creativision series does. This is different from later Laser 2001 and Salora Managers who seem to use this pinout:
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# _ _ 1: -5V, 50 mA
# / v \ 2: +12V, 500 mA
# |1 5| 3: NC
# |2 4| 4: GND
# \_3_/ 5: +5V, 850 - 1000 mA
Well, clearly both different voltages and a different layout. Without digging too deep into the technical details, is it known which voltages the Creativision uses internally? Is there a circuit inside which brings down the 9V AC/DC to 5V and similarly converts 16V to 12V? For me, the confusion is rather major although in practise it is a non-issue as long as you have the original power supply and it still works.