Thanks, Eric. That's the kind of concept I had in mind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS laptop battery run-time test?
> > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
