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 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 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen