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 REQUIRED DATE- OPEN          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  55    RANKING-  0011
 DATE RECEIVED- APR 21, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- MAY 12, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        OS/2 needs the ability to do power and display management for
        system other than laptops on battery power.  My laptop shuts
        down its screen after a period of inactivity if its running
        batteries, but it never dims the display or goes idle if plugged
        into the wall.  Similarly, my tower system never dims the screen
        or shuts down if OS/2 Warp 4 is running despite BIOS settings to
        enable screen shutdown and system shutdown.  I've work around
        the monitor not shutting down with a freeware product that uses
        DPMS to dim the screen.  However using this precludes lockup,
        which I would still like to have active.  Lockup could work in
        conjunction with placing the display in standby if OS/2
        supported power management even when A/C line was present.  The
        benefits are saving wear on the monitor and saving power (and
        reducing heat load) when the system is idle.  Also, from a
        competitive viewpoint, Win95 does this (at least on a new Aptiva
        C67 I just saw).

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired next FIXPACK

        Submitted by:

        Ric Anderson
        Tucson, AZ, USA
        ric@rtd.com

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