Kevin Stewart wrote:
> I have a little over 20 machines in my basement -- mostly PCs of the Pentium
> class (a no-cost cluster :) ) but a few anceint sun boxen, 2 19" monitors,
> television, printers, hubs, stereo, power tools and a few other things. I've
> never blown a breaker in this house (knock on wood), but every time someone
> uses the treadmill across the basement my UPS sees it as a brownout and
> switches to battery power.
Unfortunately, I'm an apartment dweller. I'm at the whim of the
building's power. We've been having regular brownouts today, all day,
at almost regular intervals. I wouldn't really have noticed it, as I
tend not to pay too much attention to lights, but the computer room
light dimmed, and I freaked out. Turning off almost all of my stuff
didn't change it, so I have to call the building management. Most of my
stuff is on UPS, so I'm okay with that. Some isn't, though, and that
bothers me.
Man, I can't wait until I can afford to buy a real house, with real
power, and a real lawn. I've been thinking of putting Astroturf[tm] on
the balcony, to simulate a lawn. :)
BTW, riding the elevator with three other people, and a 6' rack of
PDP-11 is an interesting experience. Especially when you live on the
25th floor. :)
--
Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison_at_timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/
Received on Wed Sep 20 2000 - 20:09:55 BST