nop@cup.portal.com (Randy G Jouett) (08/31/89)
Well, I'm working on an industrial application -- involving the Amiga 2500, no less :) -- and in desperate need of a decent 750 VA UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). Anyone care to make a suggestion as to which brand name to purchase? I have $800-$1000 bucks to allocate toward the thing. Incase anyone is interested, I'm going to be using the Amiga to aquire data from a 12 bit, 16 channel multi-plexed A-to-D board which monitors the drilling of an oil well in real-time (pump storkes, pump pressure, pit levels, hook load, weight on drill bit, weight on the drill-string (many pieces of drill-pipe connected, of course), chormatic gas analysis (chromatigraph and HP Integrator), etc. In other words, tons of external, analog events :). Anywho, I would also like your opinion on the system that I have spec'ed for the job (Not that I can think for myself, but I think many minds in motion are better than one) : - Amiga 2500. - 2nd internal floppy. - 1080 monitor. - ASDG dual-serial card (for real-time data xmit to an on-shore data aquisition center. - ASDG ISBX card. Haven't locked down which A/D card to use, yet, but I'm looking; any suggestions appreciated. Also, I'm thinking about replacing the the 2000' HD with a Quantum 80s. Anyone think that this drive will have any problems in this situation? That is, you have never been shaken until you've been on a drilling platform :) I'm also in the market for a decent HD back-up system; probably going to go with a decent sized streamer or the new Panasonic 11 meg SCSI. Randy -- Randy Jouett sun!portal!cup.portal.com!nop or nop@cup.portal.com BIX: rjouett Amature Radio: KB5YL (anyone wanna trade calls!? :)
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (09/01/89)
Re: Randy Jouett's quest for a UPS to power his Amiga ... Why do I get the feeling all my previous postings in this regards have been a waste of my time? 4 times already and STILL the same question is asked. Sheesh. :-( In any event, I'm running my systems on several SAFE 500W units and several SAFE 1200W units. Wouldn't buy anything else as these are the best (in my opinion). SAFE can be reached at: SAFE Power Systems, Inc. 528 W. 21st Street Tempe, AZ 85282 602/894-6864 Not knowing Randy's residence (since over 90% of PORTAL's subscribers call in via Telenet from outside California), I can suggest my local dealer as an excellent reference for the UPS (and other power protection systems): John Kiefer, President POWERSAFE, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA 408/773-1220 Powersafe is NOT a walk-in store; they would, for example, "wire up" Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., FMC, PGE, etc. But if you mention my name as a reference, I'm sure they'd be happy to help you out. John, his father-in-law, and I used to work at GTE back in the early 1960's. John also has an Amiga, so he's well-versed in the particulars. Thad Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]