Re: ups

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@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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