Re: Suspend (was: IBM's new charger)

[Don Whiteside <dwhite@shadow.net>]

On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, John H. Kim wrote:

> 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.

Ditto (though for different reasons), so the "of course" doen't apply to 
me. And my 85% battery has charged up to 98% as I sat here and read mail, 
so that's not why my small charger charges the batt w/ the machine on. 
(Though the HD _was_ spun down most of that time...)

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