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From: mezaucha@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Matthew Edward Zaucha)
Subject: Re: UPS recommendations ?
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 00:44:50 GMT
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In article <40r3gg$ua@palmer.demon.co.uk>,
Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>You need OS support so that if the power fails, and the battery in the UPS
>gets too low to keep the machine working much longer, it can shut the
>OS down cleanly before it runs totally dry.
>
>Any clearer?
Yes, thank you. But, without software support, the UPS system will
still more than suffice for just an occasional lessening of the power
which sometimes causes a system to reboot or go down, correct? Thanks
again.
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