Hope you like it, but more importantly, I hope you find it useful.
Here's the poop.
PowerStrip should have no problem running on a PowerBook, Duo, or Portable that's running System 7. I have no way of testing it on other machines or versions of the Mac OS since my one and only machine is a PB100, so I take no responsibility for any adverse effects caused by PowerStrip.
New version (2.0) info:
1. Version 2.0 saves it's data/preferences file to the Preferences folder, in a file called PowerStripPrefs.
2. You now have the option of displaying it across the bottom or the top of the screen. I found there were so many applications that left more room at the top than the bottom, I had to add this.
3. Window height is now proportional to font size. Geneva @ 9 points is the smallest and the most legible. The window takes up only 7 pixels across the screen. IF ANYONE HAS A SMALLER AND STILL LEGIBLE FONT, LET ME KNOW!
4. There is now a battery load graph. It graphs the voltage level over the last two minutes. You can hide this graph, if you want. It will still update even though it's hidden.
USAGE:
The best way to use it is to drop it or an alias of it into the Startup Items folder in your System Folder. That way you won't forget to start it up.
WHAT IT DOES:
"PowerStrip" tracks the elapsed time of battery and AC-charging sessions. When tracking the battery session, the counter is NOT incremented during sleep states. When tracking AC charging sessions, it DOES increment during sleep states. Neither counter increments during powered off states.
It also displays available space on your hard drive, available RAM, the speed of the CPU, the on/off state of AppleTalk, and on/off state of the internal modem, if any.
"PowerStrip" does it's best to save settings between sessions. It saves fontsize, style, and family, and if it exits in one state and starts up in the same state (exit on battery and start up on battery), it picks up where it left off. (It assumes you've rebooted.)
CAVEATS:
You can get REMARKABLE battery session durations by plugging in the charger while the Powerbook is asleep, and unplugging it before it wakes up. Get it? It won't know that it's been jacked in, so it won't reset the counter. Best thing to do is to change the connection state while the machine is "awake", or use the menu command "count zero" to decrement the counter to zero. (Thanks to William G. for that one.)
I hope you like it, but I really hope you get something out of it!
