What would it take to get just a simple battery level on the PowerBook 
2400? It is my understanding that the Linux people have this for the 
2400/3400/G3 PowerBooks at least although I am not sure about anything 
newer. Would the Linux code be useful in figuring out what they did?

It is rather inconvenient to use a laptop on battery without having any 
idea what your battery level is. Shutdowns in the middle of work are 
not good and being tied to a cord all the time defeats the purpose of a 
laptop.

Any ideas or suggestions? Is anyone working on this?

Bryan