Hi! > free methods like "pop in a DVD and sit in front of > the laptop with a timer until the machine shuts down." > > But this seems like a good job for DOS, which won't complain if power > termination shuts the machine off instead of a soft shutdown process.
Hmmm how about the following: Let mpxplay run in "exit when done with playlist" mode in a loop and add the timestamp (TIME /T output) and the battery status info (you can use FDAPM to see it) to some log file. Use a batch file to repeat those 3 steps until the battery is too empty to continue :-). If mpxplay does not support your soundcard, just use a null output plugin or maybe write audio to c:NUL or so, might also be a good way for consuming more CPU cycles. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
