Linux World Canada Planning meeting

[Ron Scott]

Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Colin McGregor wrote:
> 
> 
>>- Colin McGregor followed up on the booth and found out that:
>>  - The booth will NOT come with power, getting power will cost over $100.
> 
> 
> That is absurd.  At worst it would require running some cables that have 
> probably been run for the booth next door anyway.
> 
> 
>>     consensus was we could not afford the power bill and that we would run
>>with UPS and laptop PCs.

Please be aware that most UPSs require AC power to be present to start 
operating. If the UPSs are just attached to a PC, nothing will happen, 
unless the UPS has been modified. Hopefully, all planned methods of 
powering equipment will be tested well before the event.

Ron



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