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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