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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: IAQ: Power-up Preferences
Message-ID: <1991Jun1.234542.2137@shaman.com>
Date: 1 Jun 91 23:45:42 GMT
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In article <9106011825.AA01359@.halfdome.uucp.> travis@halfdome.UUCP (Ward C.  
Travis) writes:
> [Talks about the auto-power-on feature of newer workstations]
>   Will NeXT consider swapping up to give me this feature? I can
>   make enough use of it, what with noisy power here in Pittsburgh,
>   to make it worth pursuing. The power goes out here at least once 
>   every fortnight due to summer storms. I thought that if existing 
>   boards need only be rejumpered/FCO'd to make this work, perhaps I 
>   could get a boardswap or have service do the FCO.

   If your power goes out that much, I'd say to consider getting a UPS.
A cheap will cost you about $300 and will tide you over smaller shortages
of power. UNIX machines, although fault tolerant to a certain degree, do
not like getting power cycled without warning. Your hard drives and 
filesystem will appreciate this investment.

    - Jiro Nakamura
      jiro@shaman.com
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