Power outage and uptime

[Kevin Brown]

Don't know about the time tic issue, but if it wasn't for my car eating up so
much of my income I'd have bought a UPS just like what I have my NT machine on
(APS 6 outlet device with a 5 minute battery, automatically shuts the machine
down, heheh).  Funny thing is, I have enough UPSes for all the machines as far
as outlet plugs on them, but since the machines are scattered around the house I
don't have enough for each room.

> > Damn, I need to get a UPS for my poor little DEC Alpha multias.  One of them was
> > at an uptime of 213 days with a load average of 1.06 .86 .90 when last I looked
> > and then went downstairs to watch a movie and the whole house goes dark.  It all
> > comes back up in about two minutes (long enough for me to find a flashlight and
> > look around :) ) and then I get the joy of trying to remember how to boot the
> > poor things.  I found a site that gave me the basic syntax so I figured it out
> > again.
> >
> > Heh, just goes to show how much a skill can atrophy from lack of use.  Last time
> > power went out one of the multias was nearing 400 days uptime.  Oh well, it's
> > booted and working again so back to my movie.
> 
> at $20 to $100 for a little UPS, they are LIVE savers...
> 
> BTW, isn't there a time tic' bug that overflows the time tic' at around
> 400 days?
> 
>   EBo --
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