Hi!

> 	the screen blanks, it doesn't respond to the network... what's still
> running, that sucks up the power?

Memory refresh?

> 	does it need apmd or the like? why isn't apmd part of the hpcmips
> distribution? (tho there's a man page for it at netbsd.org)

apmd does not directly save power. It does stuff like "on suspend do sync"
etc, plus prints battery status to syslog.
								Pavel


-- 
Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt,
details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.