>From: Marc Sira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Battery Recondition > >>Aw shucks, Marc. BatteryAmnesia was written to run on every PB after the >>100, and years before Battery Recondition finally made its first >>appearance IIRC. It does no less than BR and doesn't need to be plugged >>in to work properly. It is also faster than BR. Try it if you doubt its >>claims. > >I've used it (it's all you can use for a PB before the Duo 270). It works >fine for what it does, but no better than running the battery down yourself >by using the PB and dismissing the warnings manually. It just doesn't >(can't) do quite as good a job as BR, because BR can (and this is the >important part) drain the battery completely *while* continuing to power >the Duo (and run the program!) from AC. Thus not "needing" to be plugged in >isn't exactly an asset - more accurately BA is *unable* to remain plugged >in (which is also rather unfortunate because you ideally should start >charging the battery as soon as it fully discharges, and with BA you need >to stick around so you can plug it back in, as opposed to running it >overnight while you sleep). > >BA does it faster because it can't go as far - I would have thought that >obvious. Other than that it's just a pretty timer display and a way to keep >the CPU, backlight, speaker and hard drive busy (which you can also do by, >say, playing a game). Add the fact that BA costs extra while BR comes with >the Duo (270-2300), and there's no real point in the comparison. Use >whatever you enjoy but don't make claims you can't substantiate.
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