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From: riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: 3B1 and flaky power
Message-ID: <942@woton.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 11:17:55 EST
Article-I.D.: woton.942
Posted: Wed Nov 11 11:17:55 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 06:42:56 EST
Organization: Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston
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Keywords: surge spike brownout blackout
Flake-Power: "Bob"


My resistance is weakening and I am getting closer by the day to breaking
down and buying a 3B1 for myself.  (I know, if I want to do it I'd better
hurry, as supplies are running low.)  One obstacle remains, though, which
may keep me from it even if my willpower doesn't:

I live in an old house with a rather flaky power system.  Even ordinary
household appliances, when used in certain combinations, have been
known to cause brownouts and occasionally throw a circuit breaker.  Am
I asking for it if I try to use a UNIX PC in this power environment? 
Does anybody know of any *cheap* power conditioning which might
significantly improve my 3B1's chances of survival?  Thanks. 

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
--- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Shriners Burns Institute.
--- riddle@woton.UUCP  {ihnp4,harvard}!ut-sally!im4u!woton!riddle