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Article #19627?: Laptop Battery Life Extended?
From: Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (60...
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:05
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:05
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I am considering getting a laptop for long overseas flights. If I recall, battery life is at best 4 hours. I will be doing simple text entry, so I could boot DOS from a floppy and use the DOS editor or equivalent. This would allow me to disconnect the HDD, which must be a drain on the battery. So, netters, what percent gain should on expect from this schenanigan? I realize that the CPU, and cooling fan, etc. will still be a drain, but would I get and extra hour or 2 of battery life? Inquiring minds wish to know... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean P. Frigo internet: frigo@src.wisc.edu UW-Madison SRC and Department of Physics bitnet: frigo@wiscpsl 3731 Schneider Drive voice: 608-877-2332 Stoughton WI 53589-3097 fax: 608-877-2001 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!psl.wisc.edu!psl.wisc.edu!FRIGO From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX)) Subject: ?: Laptop Battery Life Extended? Message-ID: <1993Jan23.190515.4000@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> Sender: news@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:05:15 GMT Lines: 20