MyBattery 3.3.7b5

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NOTE: The utilities listed below are beta release software, and may contain bugs. Please follow the normal precautions when testing beta software. Also, this software is not to be distributed.

Shareware:

MyBattery has a $10 registration fee. You can register via the World Wide Web. Registration instructions are available online.

Features:

MyBattery is a utility program designed specifically for portable Macintosh computers. It provides you with information about your PowerBook batteries and system. Its features include:

• User-customizable display. You decide what information you want to see.
• Displays information about internal batteries, including charging status, charge level and battery voltage.
• Estimate of useful battery time remaining. It uses a historical estimation that "learns" from your PowerBook usage patterns.
• Displays power-related system information like hard drive status, AppleTalk status, and modem status.
• History window which displays recent battery charge history, power consumption rate, and even temperatures on some PowerBook models!
• Support for multiple batteries, accommodating different capacity batteries.
• Menu bar displays, for easy viewing of battery status and other system information.

MyBattery's most popular feature is its ability to estimate how much battery time you have left. Using a historical estimation technique, MyBattery monitors your PowerBook usage, and updates its estimates accordingly.

Requirements:

MyBattery will run on any Portable Macintosh. Some more advanced features are only available on models that support them (for example, battery serial number support is only supported on Duos and and later systems).

NOTE: The Temperature measurements do not work on the "new" (Wall Street) PowerBook G3 series. I'm investigating this issue.

Email notification:

If you like, you can receive automatic email whenever a new version of MyBattery is released (if you register your copy, you're signed up automatically). Your email address will be treated confidentially, and will not be shared with any other company.

To subscribe:

Send to this address: lists@kezer.net

Subject: subscribe MyBattery

You'll receive an automated reply letting you know you've been added to the list.

Revisions:

MyBattery 3.3.7b5 (6 June 2000):

• Fix link errors on pre-iBook PowerBooks.

MyBattery 3.3.7b4 (20 April 2000):

• Weak-link power manager libraries to prevent errors at launch.

MyBattery 3.3.7b3 (18 April 2000):

• Weak-link multiprocessor libraries to prevent errors at launch.

MyBattery 3.3.7b2 (17 April 2000):

• Fix temperature measurements for PowerBook G3 (FireWire) and iBook.
• Fix battery position information on PowerBook G3's.
• Minor fix to MyBattery link.