Re: LZ: Power Consumption


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Re: LZ: Power Consumption



IN>On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Edward Plese wrote:


IN>> How much power does the TI-85 draw when it's on in both normal OS and
IN>ZShell.  Also, how much power does it draw when it's off?
IN>>
IN>> Thanks,
IN>> Ed Plese, Jr.
IN>> (eplese@lnd.com)


IN>Here's the appropriate bits snarfed from Magnus' test results that he did
IN>a while ago..


IN>            Operation Mode Power Consumption Battery Life Notes
IN>      Normal stand-by 4.9mA 245 hours When waiting for keyboard input
IN>     Normal active 15.8mA 76 hours When calculating, graphing, running
IN>                                program etc
IN>   Normal shutdown 0.8ľA 1500000 hours = 171 years When turned off using
IN>                                 [2nd][ON]
IN>   Normal auto-shutdown 0.8ľA 171 years When left on until auto-shutdown
IN>    ZShell menu 4.7mA 255 hours When ZShell is waiting for you to chose
IN>      which program to run. As you see, ZShell is even better than the
IN>   TI-OS. Add HALT instructions to your program's keyloops, and they will
IN>                          be about this good too!
IN>      ZShell running 16.6mA 72 hours When a ZShell program is running
IN>     ZShell shutdown 0.8ľA 171 years When ZShell is shut down, or when
IN>                 auto-shutdown happened from within ZShell








Auto-shutdown can't happen in Zshell 4.0.


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