Powering ancient computers (was: Happy Holidays!)

Rumor has it that Clint Wolff (VAX collector) may have mentioned these words: I really do think there should be a law (in the US) that no christmas decorations/music/advertising/etc. should be used until after Thanksgiving. In Canada, the law should read that non should be used until after the US's Thanksgiving. (Canadian Thanksgiving is in October.) I also think that it should be kept in mind that Native American people shouldn't be chastised for disliking Thanksgiving - remember, it was a "going away party" to the Europeans, they never left... ;-) [[ And yes, being primarily of Native American & German descent, I really wasn't sure which way to word the above paragraph... ;-) ]] Pfffft. You call that an upgrade??? The house I'm buying has [ahem] 2 30-amp services - hell, that won't run my sawzall! And most of the wiring is the original "knob & tube" wiring that was used back when many parts of the US (and this house) ran on 50 Hz. [Yes, the town I live in ran on 50 Hz for around 20 years, before the US standardized on 60.] Needless to say, the very, *very* first job of mine is to install a new 200 Amp service & rewire the whole place... the better to run my computers with! (At least my Tandy 200 runs on batteries, so I won't be completely computerless... ;-) Happy incr(Year)! Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an *older* .sig. (circa 1997!) Why does Hershey's put nutritional information on their candy bar wrappers when there's no nutritional value within?