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To: Steven Bowen who wrote (247)9/12/1998 3:33:00 AM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (2) of 110583
 
Steven/ALL, please do yourself a favor and get a UPS. For less than
$100 you can protect two devices (computer and monitor, usually)
from power surges and even have emergency power for about 10 minutes
in case of an outage. Of course it doesn't help if the outage lasts over 10 minutes and you're not at the computer to shut it down in an orderly manner.
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problem is it's a pain when the computer crashes or the power flickers off and you have to reload everything

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