[ltp] Running without a battery?

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:26:21 +0100


On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 15:40:15 +0100, Dr. Jason Breitweg wrote:
>   > I don't *think* that's an issue on the 240s, though I'd have to
>   > check to verify it.  I have a 366 MHz 240 and a 500 MHz 240X I
>   > can test with and without battery when I get home from work.
> 
> Yeah, that would be really cool if you could check that out.  How
> does one tell if the CPU is running at a lower speed?

time mpg123 -t foo.mp3 comes in my mind here. It just decodes an mp3
file as fast as possible (consuming all free CPU cycles) and plays
nothing. This should take a few seconds with an ordinary 4 minute mp3
file, given the CPU power of a TP 240.

Regards,
Tino