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Re: Green OS/2?

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From: Nev..
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:00
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 05:39:24, ih8.spam@dont.try.it (Michael Block) wrote:

-> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:06:57, rolan@ibm.net.nospam (Rolan) wrote:
-> &&&>I'm just interested in finding out whether OS/2 actually
-> &&&>supports sleep/suspend mode for PCs.  Is this done through
-> &&&>APM and does it kick in after a certain amount of screen saver 
-> &&&>activity, or is it all hardware based set through the BIOS?
-> &&&>
-> &&&>TIA,
-> &&&>Randy
-> there is a 'power' icon that appears in system setup if you install 
-> APM. You can open it and select suspend from the program menu. I 
-> haven't worked out how to add it to the desktop properties menu as the
-> power function is a DLL. Similarly I don't know how to enable it 
-> automatically after a period of disk inactivity. Everytime I try BIOS 
-> controlled features like disk power-down it just makes OS/2 very 
-> unstable.

For some (unknown) reason using this method my screen goes blank for a few
seconds then comes to life again,  same goes when i use the standby or 
suspend options from PMAPM.  Anyone know a way to fix this ?
Running Warp4 on a BX PII mb with bios apm options set on.
Nev..

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From: idiotxxx@mindless.com (Nev..)
Subject: Re: Green OS/2?
Date: 1999/03/26
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