In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, " Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 5 Feb 1998, William R Ward wrote: >> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd >> supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I >> believe I have a week to do so and it's real stormy now, so I'm glad >> to have it anyway), I wanted to ask if anyone knew if I could do >> anything with it. >> >> I bought a MinuteMan 280 Pro UPS. It looks like it has "smart" >> features but does not come with a cable or software. It is made by >> Para Systems. Is there any Linux software that'll talk to this beast?
> The UPS-HOWTO has a lot of info about using a UPS under Linux. I'd check > there before returning it. I know that genpowerd is pretty flexible and > can be configured to support almost any UPS. The UPS-HOWTO does not mention my brand. I even did a web search and found nothing, Linux or otherwise, about my UPS. --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-4072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-8862 PGP Key 0x2BD331E5; Public key at http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/pubkey.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report: "There's a naked person outside!" - Mike Nichols -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .