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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!darwin.sura.net!news.nrlssc.navy.mil!beck From: beck@nrlssc.navy.mil (Jeff Becklehimer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ? Date: 17 Aug 1995 03:56:05 GMT Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center Lines: 17 Message-ID: <40uekl$6in@filet.nrlssc.navy.mil> References: <aak2.808400899@ra.msstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: abyss.nrlssc.navy.mil X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Atif Ahmad Khan <aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu> wrote: > >Due to numerous power failures I need to get a UPS for my FreeBSD machine. > >Could anybody please recommend a UPS that works well and is supported >under BSD. I heard good things about APC Smart-UPS 600 but don't know if >it works with FreeBSD. Thanks in advance. If there is a FAQ or a HOWTO >on this subject, please point me to it. My advice is to get a Best Fortress 660 instead. They cost a little bit more but you can get the programming info from Best without a non-disclosure agreement. Programming a serial port to talk to it is pretty easy, a single character command makes the UPS return an 80 character status string with everything you want to know. -- <A HREF="http://www7430.nrlssc.navy.mil/~beck/"><em>Jeff Becklehimer</em></A>