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Panasonic CF 18B
« on: 04 September 2017, 19:17:16 »

Have just acquired one of the above with a view to using it on the car... plan to use iCarsoft MB 7.4 initially, then later Star C3/4. Might also load DICE on it for Volvo (or its marine equivalent).

Toughbook is complete and working with hard drive (40gb) and memory (256mb) but no software either supplied or installed. Also no cdr/DVD drive (no space), although it has two USB ports.

It is wireless capable and can take a SIM, but not planning on connecting it to tinterweb unless absolutely vital as I will need to run it on Windows XP :-X

I have a few questions...

1. What size hard drive to replace current IDE one? Thinking 1 or 2 TB 2.5" SATA with adaptor.

2. Apparently I can triple the RAM to 768, presumably this will be beneficial.

3. Will any cheapy external USB cd/dvd drive be suitable for loading software on to it? Any recommendations?

4. Which version of XP would be recommended? 32/64bit? Pro or not? I have a copy of 32 Pro with original discs somewhere, but it's cheap enough new.

Budget for all of the above is £100-150, which looks vaible from a quick scout around, even at PC World prices.

 
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #1 on: 04 September 2017, 19:23:04 »

Spend the money on a better base to start from.

Sorry  :'(
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #2 on: 04 September 2017, 19:39:50 »

Spend the money on a better base to start from.

Sorry  :'(
Don't be so gay, that doesn't warrant an apology ;)

All done this should give me what I need for around the £300 mark including the iCarsoft... IF the above list will achieve my requirements.

I have a recent HP laptop which I use for day to day stuff, (Word and Netflix mostly ::))  and battered tablet for OOF and general browsing.

Toughbook was cheap enough and is half the size of the laptop. It is pretty much indestructible too. It is my starting point, regardless of being the best starting point or not. Yes, I know, I possibly should have asked first ::)
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #3 on: 04 September 2017, 19:45:44 »

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
Sorry.  :)
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #4 on: 04 September 2017, 19:47:35 »

I've used these for a variety of challenging needs over the years and always been impressed. Not used one for a while and suspect that these are other similar devices on the market now.
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #5 on: 04 September 2017, 19:48:41 »

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
Sorry.  :)

Google Toughbook & all will be revealed
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #6 on: 04 September 2017, 20:12:55 »

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
Sorry.  :)

Google Toughbook & all will be revealed

Hope so, as I also have no idea what this is about! ::) ::)

I'm intrigued now though ;D ;)
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« Reply #7 on: 04 September 2017, 20:52:50 »

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
Sorry.  :)

Google Toughbook & all will be revealed

Hope so, as I also have no idea what this is about! ::) ::)

I'm intrigued now though ;D ;)

Basically a very rugged laptop- as some of the Google images will show. Used in extreme climatic conditions where a normal PC would struggle. They generally aren't noted as high performance PCs, but do work where needed. They are engineered with high spec-components and things like thicker circuit boards, rugged metal cases with shock absorbers etc. The sort of thing that a polar explorer might use, or an oil industry specialiast out in the back of beyond somewhere. The only real challenge they suffer from is the effect of temperature extremes on battery life. However, the sort of people that use them generally use them for a specific purpose and are aware of the limitations.
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #8 on: 04 September 2017, 22:04:30 »

I have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
Sorry.  :)

Google Toughbook & all will be revealed

Hope so, as I also have no idea what this is about! ::) ::)

I'm intrigued now though ;D ;)

Basically a very rugged laptop- as some of the Google images will show. Used in extreme climatic conditions where a normal PC would struggle. They generally aren't noted as high performance PCs, but do work where needed. They are engineered with high spec-components and things like thicker circuit boards, rugged metal cases with shock absorbers etc. The sort of thing that a polar explorer might use, or an oil industry specialiast out in the back of beyond somewhere. The only real challenge they suffer from is the effect of temperature extremes on battery life. However, the sort of people that use them generally use them for a specific purpose and are aware of the limitations.

Thanks Robert.  That makes things a lot clearer :y :y

However, one question remains; why would DG need one of these? DG? :-\ :-\ ;)
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #9 on: 04 September 2017, 22:17:48 »

First sentence might be a clue ::)
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #10 on: 04 September 2017, 22:52:49 »

1-2TB seems a bit of a waste, unless that's the cheapest option now  :-\.

Judging by the rest of the spec I don't get the impression it's going to be doing much heavy lifting, surely 250gb would be more than ample? Also SATA, doesn't that require you to install drivers for XP? If so, could be a headache.  :-\
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #11 on: 04 September 2017, 23:30:26 »

1-2TB seems a bit of a waste, unless that's the cheapest option now  :-\.

Judging by the rest of the spec I don't get the impression it's going to be doing much heavy lifting, surely 250gb would be more than ample? Also SATA, doesn't that require you to install drivers for XP? If so, could be a headache.  :-\
Ok, ignoring questions 1/2 if irrelevant... would this:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/components-and-upgrades/cd-dvd-and-blu-ray-drives/dynamode-insixt-external-slimline-usb-cd-drive-black-04877726-pdt.html

...suffice for reloading XP onto it?
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #12 on: 05 September 2017, 07:57:45 »

Is it possible to create a bootable usb drive to install XP?

I know you can do this with Win 7 but not sure about XP, might be worth looking at that before you shell out £20?
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #13 on: 05 September 2017, 09:16:23 »

Is it possible to create a bootable usb drive to install XP?

I know you can do this with Win 7 but not sure about XP, might be worth looking at that before you shell out £20?
I would need to obtain a usb drive in order to do that... and if I'm going shopping...  :D
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Re: Panasonic CF 18B
« Reply #14 on: 05 September 2017, 09:40:27 »

Is it possible to create a bootable usb drive to install XP?

I know you can do this with Win 7 but not sure about XP, might be worth looking at that before you shell out £20?
I would need to obtain a usb drive in order to do that... and if I'm going shopping...  :D

Well there is that  ;D
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