Obviously, when a PC user experiences a power outage, he needs to have his UPS tell him the power has gone down via a USB interface because he's too absorbed in his "Vista" experience to notice the lights went out. :-) Remember Jurassic Park? When they got he power up but it was really on standby? Bad things happened 'cos they didn't notice..... .... oh, hang on! They were using Mac IIci's? Oops. John --- "Thomas J. Fobia" <tom578 at rochester.rr.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I have just purchased an APC 600va/360 Watt Battery > Backup for use with > my G4 w/upgrade powerlogix 1.8Ghz processor. Is > anyone familiar with > this APC "PowerChute" Software? The instructions for > using the Power > backup are simple enough, why would I want to > monitor this unit with > this software? It obviously works (the backup unit) > without connecting > it to my USB port so "Must I use this software/USB > connection"? Thanks > for your insight into this matter! > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front