Re: Sleep mode on a 701

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

On Fri, 1 Mar 1996 image@dorsai.dorsai.org wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, John H. Kim wrote:
> 
> > Incidently, you can have different settings for when your 701 is
> > on AC or battery.  So just because it doesn't sleep when on AC
> > doesn't mean it won't sleep when on battery.
> 
> How can you have different settings on ac or battery (didn't remember 
> reading about it)....?

If you go into Fn-F1, there's a Battery Power Mode setting and an
External Power Mode setting.  Depending on which mode the computer
is currently in, one of these will have just one line, the other
will have all its options fully listed.  To modify the one-liner, 
highlight it and hit Enter.

It's easy to miss because the two switch places if you change from
AC to battery or vice versa.

> Also is there any harm to leaving it on all the time?

I've been leaving mine plugged for weeks on end since December and
haven't noticed any degredation in battery life (measured with a
stopwatch, not Fn-F2).  I did the same thing on my TP750 and killed
the battery within a month.
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