Thanks, Eric. That's the kind of concept I had in mind.
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From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS laptop battery run-time test?
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> Hi!
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>> free m
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
ThinkPad laptops have a version of PC Doctor available for download
that includes a battery rundown test. Both the floppy and, strangely
perhaps, the CD version, record the last result run on that machine.
(Perhaps it writes to some non-volatile memory in the machine.)
Perhaps their regular produc
There are expensive benchmarks out there like Bapco Mobilemark that will test
laptop battery characteristics including run-time. There are also 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, whi
