[plug] UPS's with Linux support

[Andrew McMeikan]

Paul,
	any chance of analyzing what is sent back and forth?  Can't it
just be run in dumb mode with a relay to let Linux know the power has
gone?  Surely nobody would make a UPS that un-friendly!

	cya,	Andrew...


On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Paul Wilson wrote:

> 
> 
> >Hi all,
> > I can't believe $100
> > This seems to make a hardware convertor aplicable probably less than $20
> > If there is a demand for this give me some hard specs and I'll build it.
> >
> > cya, Andrew...
> 
> 
> I'd love to. Sadly, I've now learned that the beast of intelligent and
> speaks a proprietary protocol.
> 
> I guess the answer is 'don't use  Alpha UPSs on Linux'.
> 
> Paul
>