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    Cf-28 MkI questions...................

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by erichzeppelin, Dec 19, 2010.

  1. erichzeppelin

    erichzeppelin Notebook Guru

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    My 28 has the 600 MHz CPU. I have the floppy drive and the CD-ROM drive. I'd like to play DVD's on her, I found the Panasonic CD/DVD drive but I don't know if 600 MHz will handle the load seemlessly. Also, where do I find these "yellow tab" batteries, and why buy it? :confused:
     
    erichzeppelin, Dec 19, 2010
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    The Mk1 will not play DVDs without an external decoder; I tried with the Margi PCMCIA model, but had no luck. Yellow Tab refers to the capacity of the battery; the Yellow Tabs were the highest capacity released for the CF-28. As Panasonic discontinued support for the CF-28 almost 6 years ago, there are no longer any Panasonic OEM batteries that I wouldn't consider to be "iffy". Even "NIB" has been sitting on the shelf for over 5 years - 2 years past the design life of any Li-ion battery.

    If you want new, you have to buy aftermarket. Go to FleaBay.

    mnem
    Charged.
     
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  3. erichzeppelin

    erichzeppelin Notebook Guru

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    Well, it look's like I'll have to trade my MkI for a MkIII..........
     
    erichzeppelin, Dec 19, 2010
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    Alex Super Moderator

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    My mk-2 would play dvd's
    As I mentioned before if graphics are an issue you must move away from the mk-1

    Look for a deal on a mk-3 , you have a optical drive,and hard drive caddy,and probably a good keyboard so you should have lots of choices
     
    Alex, Dec 19, 2010
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  5. erichzeppelin

    erichzeppelin Notebook Guru

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    Well, I'll just keep her stock and be happy!
     
    erichzeppelin, Dec 20, 2010
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