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I have a backups 280 and there is no serial port on it.  Are you
sure your looking at the right thing?  In any case a 280 is barely
enough to keep a PC powered much less a PC and monitor.  I use mine
for my DSL modem and DSL router.

There's lots of SmartUPS 450 UPSs on Ebay.  Find one that the seller
isn't claiming that he has 'refurbished' with new batteries.  Buy it
and when it arrives just buy new batteries from any electrical store
and give them your old ones.  (since it's going to be a given that
the batteries will be toasted no matter what the seller claims)

APS themselves also sells refurbs off their website.

Ted

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Matt Navarre
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:06 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: APC UPS question
>
>
> I'm in the market for a UPS that works with FreeBSD. Does anyone
> know if the
> APC Back-UPS Pro 280VA "Just Works" with FreeBSD 4-STABLE and
> apcupsd? As far
> as I can tell apcupsd support for usb on FreeBSD is not reliable,
> but this
> one's serial and affordable but I'd like to know if it works before I buy.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> "We all enter this world in the same way: naked, screaming,
>  and soaked in blood. But if you live your life right, that kind
>  of thing doesn't have to stop there." -- Dana Gould
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