Adam Maloney <adamm at sihope.com> writes: > Think of it this way - it's probably better to do it sometime soon, when > you know what's going on and have time to deal with it, then to have it > happen the next time you lose power for half a second, and have a term > paper due or have a porno emergency. The battery in the UPS, though old, is good for more than a half second, anyway :-). You're right that it might be slightly better to control *when* the risk is taken. Maybe tonight, if I get the deadline this afternoon met. > Not to scare you, but I've seen them fail after a power cycle where you > can't even get into ROM. It becomes a $295 frisbee. Luckily I got it free. It was the Pipeline 50 (older ISDN router) that I paid $1495 for and sold for $75. > If it turns out to choke and cough blood, I might still have one laying > around at home I'd be willing to part with really cheap. You might be > better off buying a 678 though (ebay), since it will work with both CAP > (675) and DMT. I wouldn't be surprised if Qwest had a forced DMT > conversion for all CAP customers within the next 12 to 24 months. Just > be aware of that possibility before you shell out any dough for another > modem, if it comes to that. And I sincerely hope it doesn't! And if I upgrade to DMT, I could consider getting 1megabit service. (Changing the service in any way apparently forces a DMT conversion now). Anybody know anything about the 2 megabit business cable service being available in South Minneapolis? If I'm going to go through hell, I might as well maximize the benefits. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b at dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <dragaera.info/> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list