Further Follow-ups

[William Park]

On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 04:40:38PM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
> On 5/5/05, John Macdonald <john-Z7w/En0MP3xWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Power:
> > 
> > There are a number of wall outlets around the room for power (maybe
> > 4 or 5? and I don't know whether they are on separate circuits).  I
> > don't think you need a separate circuit for every pair of computers,
> > but this may still be a limitation if you get 20 or more computers
> > going.
> 
> If power turns out to be a problem, one answer would be to bring in a
> few UPSes.  That would "filter out" the extra power drawn at powerup
> time for any given PC.  It doesn't take that much power to keep them
> going; the challenge is to get them started.  Of course, that means
> some lead acid batteries to lug around :-(.

I'll donate gas (in my car) to carry UPSs to and from.

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