Nancy wrote: >Bill, > >We recently purchased a big Belkin BackUps unit. It came with a USB >cable and a CD with (I believe it was called Bulldog) software for >automatically shutting down in a power failure, and restarting the >system. I have not tried the software, as I do not leave our computers >running 24/7. From what I remember, the software only worked with >Belkin brand back up units. I don't remember anything about OSX. It >might be worth investigating. If you have a Belkin brand back up unit, >that has a USB connection on it, I will be happy to send you the CD for >experimentation.
Thanks for the offer. We use APC. I haven't seen any that will work with Macs, but it's possible that there are USB units that do now. I might have to dig around and see what I can find about that. In other news, the primary reason I can't connect via Timbuktu is because - oops!, my trial version expired! So that may still work. The biggest problem is that so far, coming back from a power outage is not particularly graceful. It often involves pulling batteries, holding CUDA, and the famous Opt-Apple-P-R quadruple Bucky. Restarts work fine, but shutdown/reboot can sometimes be ugly. At this point I just hope the big honking UPS (with additional external battery) has enough juice to cover any outage when I'm out of town. It usually does the trick, though we mostly get brief down times. -- Bill Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Green Building Professionals Directory: http://directory.greenbuilder.com Sustainable Building Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ Green Real Estate: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ Straw Bale Registry: http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
