SOME PROGRAMS RUN SLOWER ON BATTERIES BECAUSE HP PALMTOP'S TAKE CAT NAPS 95LX 100LX

"Light Sleep" is when the display is on, but the CPU is shut down. The Palmtop enters light sleep periodically to conserve batteries. Unless you're connected to the AC adapter or a program is actively running doing calculations, the Palmtop is constantly going into light sleep.

The internal timers are still running, and the CPU will be awakened every 1/18th second. If there's a calculation or something else to do, the Palmtop takes care of it. If not, the Palmtop drops back into light sleep. Light sleep is usually not visible. Although it sometimes causes a program to run more slowly. Since the machine never goes into light sleep when the AC adapter is plugged in, some programs will run faster when the Palmtop is connected to the AC adapter.

All of this applies only to non-built-in DOS programs, since the built-in applications take all this into account.

Everett Kaser

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