Suspend (was: IBM's new charger)

["John H. Kim" <jokim@tuna.mit.edu>]

On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Robert Dewar wrote:

> "Perhaps someone would like to try an experiment - with a run down
> battery, shut the cover and leave it on overnight. Mine charges in this
> condition all the time."
> 
> But that is not the issue, if you shut the cover, the machine suspends, and
> of course it will charge in suspend mode.

Off the topic, but you can change this behavior via the power
management settings.  I found waking from a suspend didn't wake
up the PCMCIA devices, so my TP just turns off the screen when
I close the cover.
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