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On Wednesday 17 January 2007 09:47, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:45 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > In this country the power supply system is quite civilised. |
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> Maybe, but not as good as it used to be. Brownouts are far too |
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> commonplace nowadays. After moving house a few years ago, less than a |
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> mile, I experienced random hardware failures; hard disks, motherboard, |
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> even two 22" monitors (fortunately still in warranty). I suspected bad |
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> power and, touch wood, everything has been reliable since fitting a UPS. |
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That's the first I've heard of it. Maybe I should look into a UPS for |
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myself. |
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> I now have to create my own failures in software :) |
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Oh, that's the easiest part! |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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