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>Subject: Re: NT logon
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 07:11:10 -0500
> From: jpenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx (John M Pennington)
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>...
>>
>> One solution to the power outage aspect. Turn of the monitor. My
>> UPS will cover my whole system for about 10 minutes, but with the monitor
>> off, it has held the CPU box for over an Hour and a half.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>
>While turning off the monitor will buy you more time on a battery backup,
>the problem is you can't see to shutdown your computer gracefully if the
>power outage goes on too long. This is OK if you have the software setup
>to shutdown your computer automatically if the UPS battery gets too low.
>Just don't try to turn the monitor back on after running on battery power
>for an hour. The battery voltage will be close to the shutdown level
>after that much time. If the monitor is turned on, the extra load will
>immediately drop the battery voltage below the UPS shutdown level, which
>will shutdown the UPS,.... and your computer most ungracefully.
>
>JP
Another solution - use a laptop. A small UPS will keep a laptop up all
day.
Your quote box will need another UPS.
don
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