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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, jesse montrose wrote: > At 10:30 PM 8/26/96 -0700, Randy wrote: > > >...but the lack of a > >BIOS-level battery guage was a SEVERE disappointment. Basically I have to > >load up software to keep tabs on the battery. > > Don't you have a battery gauge on the win95 taskbar? I think what Randy is getting at is that it's SO convenient and cleaner to have these functions built into the BIOS. On the 701, you can start using all these functions once you get past the BIOS initialization. You can even bring up the gauge as DOS/Win/Win95 is booting. Having to wait for Win95 to come up to check the battery status is like having to wait for your car to start and warm up before you can check how much gas you have left. The BIOS laptop gauges are also OS-independent. They'll work just fine under Linux, FreeBSD, Lynx, or any other oddball OS you throw at it. It's a great feature, and I'm surprised IBM isn't putting it on all their machines. -- John H. Kim "I stop for red traffic lights" -- bumper sticker jokim@mit.edu commissioned by the City of Boston as part of a MIT Sea Grant campaign to shed its reputation for bad drivers.