Chuck, thanks for the info. I just purchased the same or similar modle for my wife. I guess what I need is two of these if I want to run more than one box which is fine cause that would be less expensive than batteries for my old BestUps unit...grin I'll look at that package and I think I'll have to get a slightly larger ups, but at least this pkg will do the job. Scott On Dec 11, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Scott, > > I am using an APC UPS with a USB connector with good success. It is > the > Back-UPS ES 350 > and was not very expensive, around $60 or $70 as I recall. There is a > Debian package called "apcupsd" which does the trick, and it is not > limited to that specific model. Lots of documentation too. Watch > out for > the APC proprietary Linux software. It is unnecessary and unfree. > > Chuck > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 06:42:06PM -0500, Scott Howell wrote: >> Folks, do any of you know if any of the newer APC usb-based ups units >> work under Linux? I see several packages that work with serial >> devices, but no mention of usb, but I'm sure serial-based devices are >> still around, but seeing as serial ports are limited generally to >> one, I wanted to find a new ups that was usb-based if possible. My >> old Best Power network appliance will being needing new batteries >> soon and at about $300 for the batteries, well I think I can get away >> with less ups at this point. >> >> tnx >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (86% of Full) > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
