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#R5 Wish

    21-Dec-94 21:05:59
Sb: #R5 Wish
Fm: Chris Johnston 71505,1752
To: ALL
I've got a wish for R5. I work in an old office (built in '46 or '48, I think, that is **SERIOUSLY** "under-amped". We've got at least 5 computers, a couple of laser printers, a little refrigerator and a microwave all on one circuit and there isn't room for any more circuits in the box. On top of that there is a building rehab scheduled in a couple of years so nobody wants to expend a lot of effort in rewiring now. We've had times (usually at lunchtime when somebody uses the microwave<g>) where the circuit breaker trips, dumping me out of 3DS – typically with unsaved changes in the 3D editor. I bought a UPS to handle my animation system, but it would be nice if I could set up 3DS to react to the powerfail signal from the UPS and do an automatic "Save Project". I have enough time on the UPS that I can go out into the hall and reset breaker 27 before the batteries run out, but only if I'm right there when it happens and I haven't wandered away. This might also be useful (but not as critical) for shutting down net rendering cleanly on power fail, too. Chris – Chris Johnston, Written 22-Dec-1994 @ 22:26:59 Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.25