ups

[Steve Litt]

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 <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> 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 <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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