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  #16  
Old March 7th 14, 02:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:06:03 -0500, Paul wrote:

His 8500 has a 3770 processor, with four cores and eight threads.
He can "afford" some protection. He's swimming in performance.
His computer is roughly four times more powerful than mine
(as measured by Passmark).

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Paul


That sounds like a pretty fast system, but I still cant see running that
much AV software. Seems excessive! One of the big problems with
computers is that everytime the hardware makers make a faster system, MS
bogs it down with all the bloat and crap they add to their newest OSs.
Then running all that AV stuff bogs it down more.

If drivers were made for Win98, to use on newer computers, I cant
imagien how fast it would run on a 3770 processor. But no drivers exist
anymore. Thinking back to my original XT computer, and my 286, 386, and
486 computers, the speed has only slightly increased, because everytime
the hardware is made faster, MS robs all the power. Even XP SP2 is
slightly slower than Win98, using a faster computer.


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Old March 7th 14, 06:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Paul" wrote in message ...

Buffalo wrote:
"philo " wrote in message ...

On 03/06/2014 11:30 AM, Buffalo wrote:


Plug a lamp into the UPS , then unplug it.
Hey Philo, do you know of a site or have knowledge on how to acquire
replacement batteries for APC UPSs?
Buying them from APC is very expensive. I even thought of buying a
small
12v lead acid battery and just have it next to my UPS and connect it
with some homemade wires.



Ironically, I worked for Enersys but the industrial battery division...
so we'd have to pick up the small ones locally and they often were our
own batteries. It was so easy to do and to get them through our own
system would have been more trouble than it's worth.


Surely you must have a local battery supplier. They are certainly going
to be less expensive than getting them directly from APC.

Through the years I've worked with most of the brands and they all held
up pretty well. I don't know if this means anything or not but I still
have an EaglePicher battery in my work shop that's 22 years old. It's
fairly weak but still has some capacity left.


Thanks, for your input. I just ordered a PowerStar battery off E-bay with
free Shipping.
I decided to buy one that is sealed (SLA) and not screw around anymore.


Did you order one using the part number your UPS uses ?
Or did you select one based on voltage alone ?

Paul

I ordered by the specified battery number.
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Old March 7th 14, 06:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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wrote in message ...

On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:06:03 -0500, Paul wrote:

His 8500 has a 3770 processor, with four cores and eight threads.
He can "afford" some protection. He's swimming in performance.
His computer is roughly four times more powerful than mine
(as measured by Passmark).

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

Paul


That sounds like a pretty fast system, but I still cant see running that
much AV software. Seems excessive! One of the big problems with
computers is that everytime the hardware makers make a faster system, MS
bogs it down with all the bloat and crap they add to their newest OSs.
Then running all that AV stuff bogs it down more.

If drivers were made for Win98, to use on newer computers, I cant
imagien how fast it would run on a 3770 processor. But no drivers exist
anymore. Thinking back to my original XT computer, and my 286, 386, and
486 computers, the speed has only slightly increased, because everytime
the hardware is made faster, MS robs all the power. Even XP SP2 is
slightly slower than Win98, using a faster computer.


Excessive? Not really.
SpywareBlaster basically uses no resources.
SuperAntiSpyware (free version) in an on-demand only scanner, not real time
so no wasted resources when not scanning and not loaded.
Avast -very low footprint in resources compared to most anti-virus programs,
except for their web scanning option which I find slows surfing.
Windows Defender (no idea)
Windows Firewall (no idea)

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Old March 7th 14, 08:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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In message , Buffalo
writes:
"philo " wrote in message ...

On 03/06/2014 11:30 AM, Buffalo wrote:

[]
replacement batteries for APC UPSs?
Buying them from APC is very expensive. I even thought of buying a small
12v lead acid battery and just have it next to my UPS and connect it
with some homemade wires.

[]
Thanks, for your input. I just ordered a PowerStar battery off E-bay
with free Shipping.
I decided to buy one that is sealed (SLA) and not screw around anymore.


I'm slightly puzzled: here in UK, the only moderate-capacity lead-acid
batteries widely available (and that not very, mainly from Maplin) _are_
the sealed sort; are small car-battery-like (non-sealed) batteries
commonly available in USA?
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Old March 8th 14, 12:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
BillW50
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In ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) typed:
I'm slightly puzzled: here in UK, the only moderate-capacity lead-acid
batteries widely available (and that not very, mainly from Maplin)
_are_ the sealed sort; are small car-battery-like (non-sealed)
batteries commonly available in USA?


Yes, quite popular for riding lawnmowers and such.

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Old March 8th 14, 12:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 03/07/2014 01:09 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Buffalo
writes:
"philo " wrote in message ...

On 03/06/2014 11:30 AM, Buffalo wrote:

[]
replacement batteries for APC UPSs?
Buying them from APC is very expensive. I even thought of buying a
small
12v lead acid battery and just have it next to my UPS and connect it
with some homemade wires.

[]
Thanks, for your input. I just ordered a PowerStar battery off E-bay
with free Shipping.
I decided to buy one that is sealed (SLA) and not screw around anymore.


I'm slightly puzzled: here in UK, the only moderate-capacity lead-acid
batteries widely available (and that not very, mainly from Maplin) _are_
the sealed sort; are small car-battery-like (non-sealed) batteries
commonly available in USA?




Here in the US the smaller batteries are indeed the sealed variety.

VLRA is used for safety


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRLA_battery
  #22  
Old March 8th 14, 08:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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In message , BillW50
writes:
In ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) typed:
I'm slightly puzzled: here in UK, the only moderate-capacity lead-acid
batteries widely available (and that not very, mainly from Maplin)
_are_ the sealed sort; are small car-battery-like (non-sealed)
batteries commonly available in USA?


Yes, quite popular for riding lawnmowers and such.

Ah, those aren't that common here!
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vacuum tube ordinarily is employed, was demonstrated yesterday.' - small
article
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