In article <199607152145.XAA18034@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
J Wunsch  <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
> As Andrew Webster wrote:
> 
> > The folks at APC also sell the *spec* on the communication protocol used 
> > between the UPS and the PC.  For $50 and a signed N.D.A., they will send
> > you a book describing how it works.
> 
> Hehehehe.  They are too late.  The Smart UPS protocol has been
> re-engineered long ago.  You can get a working UPS daemon somewhere on

Having seen the reverse engineered protocol and the real description
(under NDA), all I can say is I don't feel that I wasted the $50.

BTW, someone talked about distributing binaries... make sure this is
allowed under the terms of your NDA! The one I signed doesn't allow me
to distribute anything.