At 08:53 AM 9/11/2000 -0700, Alice Campbell wrote:

> > Am thinking of a Palm IIIxe as a nice compromise - 8MB, OS upgradeable,
> > run for 2 months [whatever] off AAA. Looks like a perfect platform
> > for what I have in mind - talking to PICs via RS-232. Comments ???????
>the bad part of this is that the serial port sucks down the
>batteries really fast--they recommend not running it idle for
>more than 2 min.  (the palm has a MAX233 type usart)

Does anyone have any experience with exactly to what extent this is true?
Just how much does leaving the serial port open drain the batteries?

Thanks...

- Mike

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