ThinkPad laptops have a version of PC Doctor available for download that includes a battery rundown test. Both the floppy and, strangely perhaps, the CD version, record the last result run on that machine. (Perhaps it writes to some non-volatile memory in the machine.)
Perhaps their regular product works on other laptops too. PC Doctor: http://www.pc-doctor.com/ Looks like the hobbyist version is $399. Ouch. Chris On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM, John Hupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are expensive benchmarks out there like Bapco Mobilemark that will > test laptop battery characteristics including run-time. There are also free > methods like "pop in a DVD and sit in front of the laptop with a timer until > the machine shuts down." > > But this seems like a good job for DOS, which won't complain if power > termination shuts the machine off instead of a soft shutdown process. > > I'm sure there are some battery calibration utilities out there that do > something to exercise the machine until the battery charge is depleted, but > I want something that also logs the uptime so I can just start it, let it > run, and restart on A/C later to find out the results. > > Has anyone put together such an item? > > --John Hupp > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
