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From: rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's Horrible Product Quality
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Date: 4 Jun 89 22:43:07 GMT
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In article <13786@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> xerox@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (James Osborne) writes:
>
>Second, the power supply for the dormitories, as well as all buildings on
>campus, is exceptional, since we rigged the buildings specifically for 
>computers (each room has one or two hardwired appletalk ports, and the dorms'
>electrical systems give constant voltage with little spiking, etc.)

Yes, the college does have its own power plant that supplies power to most
of the buildings on campus and to all the dorms, but count how many times
the dorms experience sudden black and brown outs and you'll get quite a
high number.  When I lived in a dorm, you could always count on hearing
someone scream as soon as a blackout occurred.  I wonder if this affects
the mac in an adverse way, especially in an environment that has power
outages so frequently.

-rsvp

R. Scott V. Paterson
Kiewit Computation Center
Systems Operator
Dartmouth College