> If a Windows shutdown breaks your lathe..., is that equipment safe to use at all? How will
> it handle a plain old system crash (which of course terminates the lathe control program
> without the slightest warning, let alone the seconds Windows gives), hard drive/power supply/fan
> failure.
The watchdog turns on the crowbar circuit, causing about $10,000 damage. Now if we actually lost
power, this is a non-issue for the obvious reason.