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From: MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr)
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Subject: Re: Can You Use A 2000 24 Hours A Day?
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Date: 16 Nov 89 10:12:25 GMT
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Will,
     Leave it on, electronics like a stable state and you avoid electric
surges when turning on. Just make sure you don't over heat it. As LadyH said,
a powersurge protector is a good idea. I've got a DataShield that not only
protects against surges, but  also cuts off power, if it falls too low. This
is good when power is fluctuating (on the low side) up and down (or off and o

causing the computer to power up and down (as in brownouts and storms).

                                  - MJB -

P.S. Jerry Pournelle had a recent article, where he wrote that a car accident
down the street shorted a power line and blew out every electronic device in
his hi-tech mansion that wasn't on a surge protector.