[iyonix-support] Re: UPSs and reflashing the ROM
- From: charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:43:01 +0100
In article <10a7ed7c4e.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28 Oct 2006 Jeremy C B Nicoll <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > One reason I've not updated from 5.09 is fear of it going horribly
> > wrong. Dire warnings about needing not to suffer a power cut are not
> > helpful because I don't have a direct phoneline to the local power
> > station and can't arrange for no interruptions to the supply. I'd be
> > willing to sacrifice a virgin, if I could find one, if that would help.
> > Though I might have a better use...
> I feel exactly the same about reflashing.
> > So, I'm wondering if I should buy a simple UPS. Can anyone recommend
> > one? What sort of VA rating? One I've seen was described as having -
> > I think - something like a 300W 500VA rating - how come the W figure
> > isn't the same as the VA one?
> I got mine from He Who Has It In Stock. I can't remember the details,
> but it's kept the computer going when the circuit has fused on two
> occasions.
I found one on ebay. Carriage was almost more than the unit. It stops
'brown-outs' crashing my router/ADSL modem, but it also runs the Iyonix and
RISC PC (when used) and is only half loaded.
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From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"
Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11
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