Slow boot times (Was: Re: Totally OT, but frustrated.....)

In message <1111750431.3842.23.camel at weka.localdomain> Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Paranoia checks wouldn't be necessary if PSUs weren't commonly made for cheapness. It takes no more than a few comparators to check the voltages and even that's "too expensive" or "impractical"... I've seen PC PSUs that use a 555 to generate the POWER_GOOD signal (they literally wait a second before asserting POWER_GOOD, even if the power lines are well out of spec)! Later, -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem at philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Oh no not again. That Holodeck is always breaking down. - Picard.