Name That Game

A couple of days ago I dropped off some stuff at the Good Will Store and swung around the electronics area like I usually do when I get a chance.

I found a UPS in the box with all the paperwork for $13.  I took a chance and picked it up.  When I took it out of the box and looked it over I found it was the same model as one I have had for a couple of years, an APC ES 350.  The one I had, was the center of a wiring mess behind my TV.  Everything plugged into it using two power strips.  I planned to put the new one in, plugged into a separate outlet and split the load up and remove the two power strips.

The problem with this is finding a time when the TV is not in use.  Today I was home alone and had a chance to dig into it.  It was also a good time to listen to the Open Apple podcast.  I started some time ago listening to them and I was listening to one, #6 from July 15, 2011.  About 15 minutes in I realize I’m going to have to disconnect the internet in order to finish my project.  I stopped the podcast and downloaded it and was listening to that when my daughter came in and was working on her smart phone.

Towards the end of the podcast they play Name That Game, where they play a snippet of sound from an Apple II game an you have to guess the name of the game.  They played the snippet and she gets excited because she knew the game.  She had me play the next podcast to see if she was right.  She was, it was Hard Hat Mack, which she and her younger sister both played on my Apple //c.

By putting in the new UPS and rearranging what was plugged in where, I eliminated the two power strips that I had been using.  Everything is plugged into a surge protected outlet, and I have the UPS for the modem, router and phone (more than 22 minutes from past history).  I now have UPS for the TV, cable box and blu-ray player, which although not enough to watch for long, may let us finish the scene on a show or movie.

I’ve been a big believer in surge protectors since we lost power and the only computer not plugged into one died when the power came back on.