This message was from DARYL STOUT to N
originally in conference System News on THUNDER (The Thunderbolt BBS) and
was forwarded to you by DARYL STOUT
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  The Thunderbolt BBS, GT Power 035/005, FIDO 1:382/33, Little Rock,
Arkansas...is back online...after electrical problems shut it down Jan.
1st...what a lousy way to start the New Year!!

  Late on Dec. 31, one of the apartment circuit breakers began repeatedly
tripping...and it made the monitor look like it was in an earthquake!! So,
I went ahead and disconnected everything from the outlets and the
Uninterrupted Power Supply...reset the breaker...and then started
reconnecting everything one by one...to see which was the cause.

  Everything was OK, until I got to the monitor...and it tripped again.
Thinking I had too much hooked up, I disconnected everything again, reset
the breaker, and this time, hooked the monitor up first...and it tripped
again. Figuring it was the breaker, I decided to unplug everything, and
wait...since I had to notify maintenence about the problem. And, with the
unsettled weather here of late, and the New Year...I figured it'd be
several days getting back up. That's why some of you got emails to this
effect.

  Last night, I decided to try a different approach. I had a spare monitor
from my wifes older computer system that quit working awhile back...but the
monitor still worked. I had used this other monitor for "area computer
demos" to show off the BBS. I hooked it up, along with everything
else...and that seemed to do the trick!! The system has been up for over 10
hours at this typing now...and no breaker tripping. So, it appears that the
older monitor was shorting out, and that was causing the breaker to
repeatedly trip. However, I'm still going to have maintenence check the
breaker out.

  I made a huge catch-up mailrun last night...and I think I got caught up
with the "automated postings" for weather history, the Burma
Shave ads, and other items...but, with unsettled weather around here, the
BBS may be down for storms at times...and when I finally get the materials
to make it telnet ready, the BBS may be down for a few days while I migrate
everything over, and get everything ready. I'll post more details on telnet
access once everything is in place.

  Sorry for any inconvenience...your understanding is appreciated.

Daryl Stout, Sysop
The Thunderbolt BBS, Little Rock, Arkansas
GT Power 035/005  FIDO 1:382/33

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