ups

[Stephen Partington]

I have to say i have always liked working with Supermicro hardware. Built
hundreds of systems with their hardware. less than 1% fail rate (SM parts
specifically)

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
wrote:

> Yes.
>
> What's amazing is how solid this machine is. It has a supermicro mobo,
> and a case that could survive a collision with a train. It runs Win98
> just as perfectly as it did in 1998.
>
> SteveT
>
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:15:33 -0700
> Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>
> > That will be a collector's item soon.
> >
> > On 2015-10-11 23:34, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > LOL,
> > >
> > > Sitting right next to me, I have a 1997 Pentium II that's my Windows
> > > machine. I fire it up every couple months to do a little Micrografx
> > > Windows Draw. It uses my Linux desktop's data directories via Samba.
> > >
> > > SteveT
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:54:09 -0400
> > > Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> you have 12 year old computers?
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith
> > >> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > I've been using isobar since about 1993.  I believe that is why I
> > >> > have not had any equipment failure.  13 or 14 years ago the
> > >> > transformer attached to where I was living exploded.  I was sure
> > >> > it cooked my computer.  Nothing happened to my computer.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=isobar&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=84109345576&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6200554956233029823&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2hv0pgf2to_b_p2
> > >> >
> > >> > Of course it is not going to keep your computer running when the
> > >> > power goes out.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On 2015-10-11 16:11, Steve Litt wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:39:53 -0400
> > >> >> Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I finally broke down and bought a UPS:( I got a 650 VA for $57.
> > >> >> The
> > >> >>> 550 VA was $55 so I figured it was worth the 2 extra dollars.
> > >> >>> Now I don't have to worry about frying my computer during one
> > >> >>> of the many lightening storms here in gainesville!
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>>
> > >> >> That's a great price!
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The benefit of a UPS isn't preventing frying in a lightning
> > >> >> storm. A simple surge protector does a better job of that. A
> > >> >> UPS prevents your computer frying during a brownout or severel
> > >> >> rapid transitions between power and no power. It also gives you
> > >> >> a reasonable timeframe to perform an orderly shutdown, and in
> > >> >> cases of > 1minute power outages, which describes over half of
> > >> >> our power outages here in Seminole County Florida, you just
> > >> >> keep computing.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Another great thing about a UPS is when your printer starts up
> > >> >> and all the lights dim and your ceiling fan slows down,
> > >> >> (Brother MFC8810dw prints suck *a lot* of current), you hear
> > >> >> your UPS click, but otherwise there's no sign of the undervolt.
> > >> >> I hate to thing what would happen to my box if I didn't have a
> > >> >> UPS.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I wouldn't be caught dead without a UPS on my daily driver or my
> > >> >> whole-house pfSense router/firewall.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> SteveT
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rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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