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PBGadget version 0.9 fixes a bug where it reported Duo level battery voltages on
some non-Duo powerbooks. Feature in version 0.8: an indicator bar of how much
time is left until the disk spins down. My luck was that the disk would spin
down just before I needed to do a save, so I wanted some sort of indicator.
PBGadget is a small application to help manage battery usage on Powerbook Duo's.
It puts up a clock and battery voltage readout in the upper right corner of the
screen. When the power supply is unplugged, the clock changes to a timer of how
long the Duo has been running on battery power. A vertical bar on the left side
of the time window indicates much time there is left until the disk spins down.
There are five cmdkey commands.
p puts up a history Plot of the battery voltage.
n spins the disk down Now.
d reinitializes the disk spindown timer. (double clicking does the same)
s puts the powerbook to Sleep.
cmd-r Resets the history plot. (The history wraps after 8.5 hours.)
cmd-w changes the cursor to a Watch
(this prevents the processor from napping or auto-sleeping).
cmd-c copies the battery voltage history as text to the clipboard.
cmd-q quits.
For Duo's, at the bottom of the plot there is extended power manager status,
battery pack voltage (old & new) , battery power draw in Watts, battery pack
temperature and duo internal temperature in degrees C, backlight brightness, LCD
contrast and processor speed information. Hold down the mouse button to also
get the battery pack serial number.
Copyright 1993 Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr. distributed as Freeware.
Please send bug reports to rhn@netcom.com