ups

[Steve Litt]

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 <cryptworks at gmail.com> 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
> <slitt at troubleshooters.com> 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > you have 12 year old computers?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Keith Smith
> > > <techlists at 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 at 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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