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- Traveling Software, Inc,
- 18702 North Creek Parkway
- Bothell, WA 98011
- (206) 483-8088
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- The Latest about Battery Watch
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- version 1.00
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- This file contains the latest information about Battery Watch.
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- Reminder: Be sure to mail in your registration card to ensure that
- you will be notified of future releases of Battery Watch AND special
- offers from Traveling Software.
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- A Note About Battery Life
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- If the battery dies before BATTERY WATCH says it time, then either the
- battery was not fully charged, or the battery is suffering from
- memory-effect. If the BATTERY WATCH indicator empties before the battery,
- then chances are that the program was not set to full at the time of full
- charge. In order for the estimates to be reliable, get in the habit of
- setting the battery at full when it is full and occasionally deep discharging
- your NICAD batteries.
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- If you use your laptop frequently on batteries and recharge it whenever it
- convenient even if your batteries are not fully discharged, then it is
- probably a good idea to do a deep discharge once a month or at any time
- you notice your not getting your normal battery life.
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- NEW ALARM FEATURE
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- Since the manual was written, we've added a neat new alarm option.
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- To set the alarm option, you can type the following command line at
- the system prompt:
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- BW al=#
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- where # stands for the number of minutes that you wish to receive
- advance notice of your battery's failure.
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- For example, if you want Battery Watch to notify you 30 minutes before
- the estimated time that your laptop battery will expire, you would
- enter BW al=30. Then, when Battery Watch calculates there is only
- 30 minutes worth of charge left in your battery, Battery Watch will
- cause your computer to emit a two-tone alarm twice in rapid succession.
- Simultaneously, your computer will display a window similar to the
- Battery Watch Window, but with the heading changed to Battery Watch
- Alarm.
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- To reset the alarm, one of several methods may be used. If the battery
- is recharged, the F10 function rearms the alarm. Also you can just
- type BW AL=## anytime to reset the alarm or change it to another setting.
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- BW REMEMBERS PREVIOUS BATTERY LEVELS
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- On all laptops supported (with the exception of the T1100+
- mentioned below), Battery Watch is automatically saving the
- existing battery level every few seconds to static RAM memory.
- What this means, is that you can turn your laptop off at anytime
- and the next time you start up your computer (and BW), Battery
- Watch will "remember" the last level of your battery. When your
- running to the airport, it's nice to know that you really do have
- a full charge or that somebody has chewed up two hours of your
- battery time without telling you!
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- Toshiba T1100+ Users and how to save battery levels
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- It is unfortunate that a machine as nice as the T1100+ would be missing one
- of the nice features needed for BATTERY WATCH to save the battery level
- when it is turned off, but fear not. We've included a quick utility,
- T11SAVE.EXE for you to run just before you turn off your machine. It will
- store some data on drive a: that will be read when BATTERY WATCH is installed
- later when power is restored. All other versions have this information
- saved every few seconds in various obscure RAM locations. The T1100+
- just didn't have a free RAM location.
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- Traveling Software is constantly looking for new ways to improve its
- software products. Over the years, our customers are the ones who
- have provided us with some excellent suggestions for improving our
- products.
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- We encourage you to send us your comments, criticisms, and ideas.
- Please address your letters to:
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- Traveling Software, Inc.
- Battery Watch Suggestions
- 18702 North Creek Pkwy
- Bothell, WA 98011
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- Or, you can leave a message on the Traveling Software BBS by having
- your computer call (206) 485-1736. Set your communication parameters
- to:
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- 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop
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- The BBS operates at 300, 1200, and 2400 baud. Please leave your messages
- in the BATWATCH area on the BBS so we will be sure to find them.
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- You can also reach us via the GEnie world wide information
- network. Traveling Software manages the laptop "roundtable" and
- supports almost every laptop computer ever manufactured. There
- are also over 1,000 free public domain programs available in the
- laptop roundtable. Just type "laptops" after logging on. E-
- mail can be sent to "TRAVSOFT".
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- For information on how to sign up for this service (1200 baud
- service is only $5.00 per hour) call 1-800 638-9636.