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 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 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