Rigging a PC power supply

[Dave.Norton]

Originally Posted by BrianBSL

Another option is to use an old AT power supply - I have a couple from old PC's that have since been recycled. They require no minimum current and no pin-shorting to work. I used to use one as a basic bench supply before I got a real one.

I'd be careful with an old AT supply, power supplies have gotten much better, many of those old supplies wouldn't regulate unless they were loaded, which would let the magic smoke out of anything you are working on.