Also, the Dish receiver designers are apparently so good that the unit has no way to cycle power except by unplugging--not good when software locks up

This is a good way to protect your electronics at a cheaper price than APC.

She was extremely helpful in listening to my predicament and making suggestions for the best way to handle my damaged equipment

I have not had to test it during an extended outage yet, but I am confident that this Tripp Lite unit would provide enough power long enough to enable me to shut the equipment down in an orderly way.

FreeBSD and MidnightBSD to panic as it thinks it's an input device (mouse etc

Computer worked as before

This time the unit worked as it should, display showed full charge, and with a two hour power failure earlier this week it ran gave me time to shut the system down

Great Product worked perfect A+++

Beware as they just shut off and never turn back on again.