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From: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: How do Macs respond to drops in voltage ?
Message-ID: <3960@ece-csc.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 89 06:18:04 GMT
References: <4240@wiley.UUCP>
Reply-To: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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In article <4240@wiley.UUCP> doug@.UUCP () writes:
>I have a problem in my apartment with my lights dimming (meaning a
>voltage drop) when ever I use a high-wattage appliance. How will a Mac
>respond to this? What about a hard disk? If there are problems, any
>easy solutions? Right now I'm thinking of buying a used Mac Plus.
>
The SE responds to dips in power pretty doggone well.  Last week I had
a sudden (momentary) brown-out during an ice storm that cycled my stereo,
television, alarm clock, VCR and about everything else around.  But I guess
my Mac can run on its capacitors for a few tenths of a second ...

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