Yeah, I might do that some day, but for once every couple months, the extra hardware is fine. I've been doing it this way since 2001, long before hardware-assisted VM was easy or cheap, and I just never had a huge reason to change. SteveT Steve Litt October 2015 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:10:24 -0700 Stephen Partington wrote: > On a machine that old you would have a better and smoother experience > just converting it to a VM. There are some good tools to convert to > KVM/Quemu from raw disk. > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:34 PM, 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 wrote: > > > > > you have 12 year old computers? > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith > > > 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 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss