Subj : Power issues
To   : All
From : ogg
Date : Sat Jul 09 2022 01:15 pm

Had a transformer blow out in our neighborhood this morning. Power was back up in about 3 hours.  Since it was supposed to get up to 104F (40C) today, we got lucky! However, it did create some issues/questions for me.

My BBS was obviously down since I do not have a UPS on it.  I'm looking for suggestions as to what kind of minimum specs should I be looking for when I purchase one?

Also, I discovered the old Dell laptop I run it on does not have the ability to power itself back on when the power is lost.  I've been through the bios looking for a setting but I confirmed with Dell that there's not one.  Any suggestions? I suspect that I'm out of luck.

ogg

Sysop, Altair IV BBS
Lufkin, TX 
fsxnet: 21:2/147

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