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- OVERVIEW
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- The Advanced Power Management (APM) examination utility APMEXAM
- discovers the APM features available on a personal computer, for both
- desktop and laptop systems. You can use it to evaluate laptops before
- purchase to verify that the one you are interested in will support the
- most modern power managment features.
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- USAGE
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- Simply invoke APMEXAM and it will do the rest. It runs through
- the relevant APM BIOS calls defined in the version 1.1 APM
- Specification, and displays success (PASS) or failure (FAIL) for each
- feature. The more successes it displays, the more closely the laptop
- implements the APM standard and the more power-saving features you can
- expect. With the current state in battery design that means longer
- battery life!
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- Here is a sample run on a MEI WinBook:
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- Advanced Power Management (APM) examination v1.10
- Copyright (c) 1994 UZful Software, Inc.
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- Test # 1 PASS APM is supported.
- Test # 2 PASS APM is currently enabled.
- Test # 3 PASS AC Power Line status: Off-line.
- Test # 4 PASS Battery status: High.
- Test # 5 FAIL Battery flags: hlcc.
- Test # 6 FAIL Battery life: UNKNOWN.
- Test # 7 FAIL Remaining battery time: UNKNOWN.
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- Test # 8 Attempt to control the major devices.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for display: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for display: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for display: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for display: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for disk: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for disk: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for disk: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for disk: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for parallel port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for parallel port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for parallel port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for parallel port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for serial port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for serial port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for serial port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for serial port: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for network adapter: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for network adapter: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for network adapter: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for network adapter: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for PCMCIA socket: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for PCMCIA socket: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for PCMCIA socket: APM not present.
- FAIL APM Get Power State for PCMCIA socket: APM not present.
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- Setting APM system to STANDBY mode.
- After the screen goes blank, recover by moving the mouse
- or by typing a key. Then press RETURN to continue.
- Test # 9 PASS System was in STANDBY mode.
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- Setting APM system to SUSPEND mode.
- Recover by pressing the Suspend/Resume button.
- Press RETURN to continue.
- Test #10 PASS System was in SUSPEND mode.
- Test #11 PASS Set CPU busy.
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- LIMITATIONS
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- SUPPORT
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- If you are a registered user, UZful Software provides on-line
- support via e-mail at uzful@mv.mv.com . When you report a problem,
- please include
- - the version of APMEXAM,
- - the type of PC you have, and
- - the symptoms of the problem (any special circumstances that make
- the problem appear? Can you repeat the problem?). The more info
- you provide, the quicker we can fix the problem.
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- If you have additional suggestions on how to make our products even more
- useful, please drop us a line.
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- UZful Software
- "We make the useful simple."
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