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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: need comments on Uninteruptable Power Supply
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Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 07:59:46 GMT
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Psycho Bob (honge@creighton.edu) wrote:
: I couldn't really figure out where I post this question, so I'm cross- 
: posting to groups that got people who's likely to be dealing and using UPS.
: 
: At the moment, I came across a pretty good deal on UPS from AST -- it's 
: the AST Manhattan 1000VA. The spec says it's sine wave (is it steppe 
: sine, psuedo sine, or true sine?), and has 3% distortion. Does the spec 
: sound good? Especially on the 3% sine wave distortion?

How good of a deal?  APC UPS's in that range are about US$400-500 and
I think there are FreeBSD utilities that can work with their "smart"
interfaces.

Cheers,

Chris
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