Re:

> It is clear now that the
> move from the Classic system to the Spectrum involved quite major system
> design alteration.    I can no longer say, pull the plug and turn back on,
> the system will continue where it leff off.

Actually, you can ... on older models (9x7 and earlier) ... when things
work right!

However, I've seen a couple of instances where turning on a powered off 9x7
machine would have the CPU come up in the "I think I'm okay, it was just
a quick power failure" mode ... which wasn't appropriate, because the
power had been off too long for the battery backup.  In those cases,
the control-B TC didn't bring the system up (and I had to do a control-B RS).

> I hope that newer systems can be powered back quicker.

How much memory is on your system?

> > If you have an old 3000 that
> > supports power-fail, and you don't have a UPS for your disk drives as a
> > result, then those "cheap" modern disk drives may or may not be a good
> deal.
> > I don't know if all modern drives now have the features that HP used to
> have
> > to add themselves, or if HP just doesn't pay attention to the requirements

true.



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