From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   "J. Curtis"  wrote in message   
   news:3ikmdj5hv39j2utdpmeo8kb1alobvo4oq2@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 07:46:38 +0800, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   >   
   > > I'll be last man standing in the Philippines with my Zhaoxin CPU,   
   > > and of course the mainframes will still be working.   
   >   
   > Not without power. Without refrigeration city people won't last long.   
      
   The power grid is dependent on computers being operational?   
      
   Regardless, while I am currently in Ligao City, Albay Province,   
   where I have a manually pumped water well available for when   
   the public water is either non-existent or dirty, I normally live   
   halfway between Ligao and Pio Duran. The house opposite us   
   slaughters pigs at 2am or something.   
      
   The grid electricity goes up and down like a yoyo in both places.   
      
   I finally found the right portable solar which can be found by   
   searching for "solar" at pdos.org and I lived for a couple of   
   months purely off solar for my computing needs. I was using   
   a Pinebook Pro rather than the Zhaoxin though. While both   
   have USB-C to charge, only the Pinebook Pro can definitely   
   be charged from a powerbank. The Zhaoxin says it is   
   charging but reality appears to be different and I'm not sure   
   what the situation is and regardless I was planning on getting   
   a different powerbank.   
      
   Actually - I'll take any advice on that. The solar I referenced   
   has a PD (power delivery) outlet that would potentially give   
   me a lot more power, but I need a matching outdoor powerbank   
   to accept it, and I don't know of anything suitable (an Amazon   
   reference would be good and hopefully they ship to the   
   Philippines).   
      
   I already have Fidonet technology software theoretically operational   
   on PdAndro on my Android phone that will allow me to replace   
   the internet. Ditto on PDOS/386 - it was actually tested there.   
      
   Admittedly there aren't a lot of people to talk to here, but   
   hopefully there will be some western refugees turning up in   
   small boats to access the last operational computer network.   
      
   Oh yeah - we have a manually operated well on our normal   
   property too - also protected by dwendes rather than trolls -   
   that's a potentially valuable concept that may have been lost   
   in the West, although in both places we're not actually   
   drinking that water. I asked if we could boil it but didn't get   
   a good answer and it hasn't been priority to push the issue.   
      
   The irony is that I was happy to be a city slicker in Sydney,   
   but being in this new environment made me take an interest   
   in how basic needs were able to be satisfied, and especially   
   whether we were dependent on Saudi Arabia. I'm obviously   
   not expecting further deliveries of solar panels, but I will be   
   armed with some computing power for some time even   
   without ALECO.   
      
   Theoretically.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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