Although a PowerBook¬ user always has the option of putting his/her machine to ╥sleep,╙, I wanted a more dynamic, but yet energy efficient screen blanker. None
of the available screen blankers had yet incorporated the ability to dim the backlight,
so I wrote one.
DimWatts is a simple, but useful hack I put together as an AfterDark¬ module. I am considering adding other Power Manager features such as ╥Rest,╙ and ╥Sleep,╙ and localtalk, and modem control. Feedback may be influential.
I am releasing DimWatts as FreeWare, but I retain all rights to it.