Laptop external power from batteries (DC/DC)

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Michael Pelletier <mvpel at hushmail.com> wrote:
> The main drawback to this approach is that you need a Windows
> system on which to run PowerChute.

  PowerChute is/was available for Linux.

  I think I've also seen a third-party utility (possibly part of the
NUT or apcupsd suites) that can send commands to APC Smart-UPS units.

-- Ben