On 2014-08-23 15:41, Anton Aylward wrote:
summer if the a/c fails and the winter since, this being Canada, it a LOT warmer in the winter than the summer -- indoors.
I know that! I have never been so hot anywhere than in Canadian shops in Winter. Snow outside, and me not having a car I used buses and walked, fully equipped for a Real Winter (remember I'm from the south-eastern coast of Spain, at the Mediterranean: so locally bought thick coat, scarf, boots, gloves, the lot), and I started to sweat soon after entering the shops. Houses were even warmer, but there I was soon invited to shear of clothes. I love visiting Ottawa during the Winterlude...
That old box is more reliable than the desktops that replaced it, but wtf, it couldn't run later versions of Windows. It still runs up to date RH and opesuse and others. There's a moral here somewhere.
Just buy one of those gadgets to measure electricity. Sometimes those old boxes use too much. I use old laptops for similar tasks, though... about 50W. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)