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Chapter 14 May Be Delayed
10-31-2003, 05:09 PM
My computer at home died yesterday -- apparently the victim of a power surge/outage that the rest of the house handled without a problem (save for the ubiquitous blanked clocks). I'm going to be working as fast as I can to fix it -- I'm taking the opportunity to get the upgrade I've talked about for a while -- but in the mean time this may delay the release of Chapter 14. I'll do my best to see that it isn't delayed, but for the moment I'm expecting that it will be.
My apologies.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Re: Chapter 14 May Be Delayed
11-01-2003, 02:36 AM
Aren't several of the Warriors lightning wielders?
Hmm. Maybe we should suspect a conspiracy! [grin]
Last time I upgraded my computer layout, I put in two "Trust" five-way surge protected leads, off the two-way room socket, on the theory that should be enough. It wasn't of course...
I have been tempted for several years to put in a UPS, based around two 12V car batteries, between all the computer kit and the house supply. If the power gets much more flakey in the UK (government turned a reliable monopoly over to "market forces" a few years ago), this will move a lot up my priority list.
Good luck, and don't let too many Giga Bytes get you! [grin]
(Go 64-bit, you know it makes sense! [grin])
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Re: Chapter 14 May Be Delayed
11-03-2003, 10:11 PM
Will do. Today's bad for us, too, but we have options, oh yes, we have options.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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Re: Chapter 14 May Be Delayed
11-05-2003, 10:21 AM
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Just buy a UPS - they're cheap enough if you can get a small one, and they will keep your 'puter much safer than a surge strip.
This is often not the case. A UPS doesn't necessarily entail much more than a battery. How well it will regulate wall power can vary enormously from not at all, to stupendously, generally proportionate to how much it costs.
Frankly, you might be better off getting a dedicated line conditioner of some sort, and hooking a UPS purely for battery purposes into it.