Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!sol4!cho
From: cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Re: Tosh battery life.
Message-ID: <=5cGoolb@cs.psu.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 91 16:53:26 GMT
References: <1991Jan26.150118.7569@vax1.tcd.ie> <5690009@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet)
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Lines: 17
Nntp-Posting-Host: sol4.cs.psu.edu

In article <5690009@pollux.svale.hp.com> dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) writes:
>
>Nicads should be used until they are fully discharged and then
>recharged fully. Charging while there is still some juice in the
>battery is a good way to kill a nicad battery.
>

What is the "fully discharged state" ?  
Can I possibly take it to absolute zero?
"when the laptop doesn't function anymore" doesn't make sense
to me (if not coincidence) since Nicads are not born for laptops.
Any idea?
--
                      |  Yesterday I was a student.
     Sehyeong Cho     |  Today I am a student.
     cho@cs.psu.edu   |  Tomorrow I'll probably still be a student.
                      |  Sigh.. There's so little hope for advancement.