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 Lines: 19 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=