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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3699)	11/25/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: Paul K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I'm running on an APC Back-UPS Pro 420. Whenever I see the lights flash it kicks-in for a moment and keeps me running. Its supposed to give me about 10min of running time in event of an outage which is enough to let me to finish what I'm doing and close down, or switch to a notebook. I'm not using the monitoring software though. It seems to do the trick... now I just wait for the storm to prove otherwise.

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (3699)	11/25/1998 11:47:00 AM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Sean Lately I have been using Viewsonic OptiUPS's for much less money and they have better software (no experience with warranty or insurance claims as I have never had a failure with theirs). I can't recall specifically why I had the impression APC UPS were problematic but if you have had to activate warrenty and return merchandise procedures, albeit successfully, there might be some small truth to my recollection..... I could just visit the auxillary I think ZeusPaul has a UPS section. Your right about the Viewsonic OptiUPS page. I will keep trying there. Less money for adequate protection is what I had hoped to emerge. May I ask, since their site is NA, does the OPiUPS provide for unattended shutdowns? PS Just as I was checking auxillary and discovering that none other than Spots had once again made an unforgetable impression on me, Spots himself came forward to give further testimony...... so the statements I made above about APC have been hereby amended... Clarence