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From: bchin@umd5.umd.edu (Bill Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Power Surge protection & Terminal use
Message-ID: <8431@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 00:48:37 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.204737.25075@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Apr14.233319.3123@engin.umich.edu>
Reply-To: bchin@umd5.umd.edu (Bill Chin)
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In article <1991Apr14.233319.3123@engin.umich.edu> dejnsen@caen.engin.umich.edu (Nik Anthony Gervae) writes:
>In article <1991Apr14.204737.25075@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) writes:
>>
>>   (1) How careful does one have to be about power surges.  EG, should
>>a next be unplugged during a thunderstorm.  (I can't fit the plug
>>from my Next into a surge protector.  Is this intentional?)
>
>  ALWAYS be careful about power surges. Check as much as you can your local
>electrical supply--they can vary markedly over a few city blocks. Also,
>since NeXT is a UNIX box, it may do a lot of caching before writing to disk.
>Consequence: lose power, lose the file you *thought* you saves 5 minutes ago.
>And the outlet on your surge protector--is it 3-prong? (You never know.) The
>NeXT plug seems a standard 3-prong to me....

I'm thinking of getting a NeXT soon, so I was wondering if there are
any UPS's that can notify the NeXT its connected to that power
just went out and start a shutdown script.  I know of UPS's that do
this with Novell servers, so are there any for NeXT's or UNIX
boxes in general?  
--
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