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@gmail.com> wrote:

> you have 12 year old computers?
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith
> <techlists@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@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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