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From: mcripps@mtuxo.att.com (XMP12-M.CRIPPS)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga or PC-AT ?
Summary: Oh yeah?
Message-ID: <2612@mtuxo.att.com>
Date: 30 Aug 88 20:56:08 GMT
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> 
> In terms of this hogwash that the Amiga has bad electronics components a
> recent incident should be enlightening for some readers.  In a recent
> thunderstorm at night I happened to get caught working on my Amiga.  One
> of bolts hit some part of the power delivery system and we had a short
> blackout.  By blackout I mean my screen went completely blank, and so
> did the lights in the room.  It lasted less than a tenth of a second,
> but when the power came back, my Amiga was still there!  No whirring of
> disks and a prompt for the KickStart disk, nothing!

Oh yeah?  Well, I had an IBM-PC that experienced a complete blackout
(no screen, etc) while in the midst of saving a file to the hard disk.
Not only did the machine not crash, but the file was saved OK.  Now, don't
get me wrong, I don't particularly *like* IBM products, but they can
certainly build power supplies (or, at least their 3rd pary manufacturer can)!

Mike Cripps
mtuxo!mcripps