Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!cbnewsk!ech
From: ech@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II lives!
Message-ID: <841@cbnewsk.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 89 17:59:18 GMT
References: <126900061@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <126900061@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, by gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu:
> I can't tell you how beefy this Mac II power supply is.  Just a moment
> ago, I nearly kicked the power plug out of the outlet.  The screen
> began to shrink and the machine began to die, but then my foot moved
> and it reacquired power.  The CPU didn't even crash.
 
> A few months ago, I actually kicked it all the way out of the wall.  I
> reached down and put it back in within a second or two.  Once again,
> the CPU didn't even crash.
 
> Thanks Apple, for putting such a beefy power supply in the Mac II.

I've not had the extreme experiences that Don reports -- perhaps he needs
to move the plug to another receptacle? -- but I have coasted through
electrical storms that brought everything else in the house to its knees.

We complain enough when it's wrong, but I echo Don's gratitude on this one!

=Ned Horvath=