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- From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
- Subject: Re: Surge Supressor - not needed on NeXTs?!!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.103953.12172@cubetech.com>
- Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug16.035238.222@parsec.mixcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 10:39:53 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Aug16.035238.222@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.uucp writes:
- >This is weird, but anyhow:
- >
- > Tip #13 (ominous number!) on the latest and greatest NeXTWorld:
- >
- > Save your money; Don't buy surge suppresors
- > for your NeXT. They are built in.
- >
- >While this is great news. I don't know if I should 'plug direct', I have not seen
- >this documented anywhere else. This marvelous power supply I would imagine is
- >quite a bit more expensive to replace than my ol' ISOBAR. Any thoughts?
- >
- >If this is true, this should be a FAQ, it could save some folks a bit of money.
-
- Even if it is true, a UPS is worth every penny. Besides not loosing
- whatever you are working on at the time, cutting the power can really
- screw up the file-system. Many times have I seen fsck eat-up a
- file-system after an unexpected crash/panic or power outage. I try
- not to reboot the machines since boot-time seems to be the most likely
- time for something to get really screwed.
-
-
- andrew
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- Andrew Loewenstern | And the end of our exploring
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