Interesting Toughbook Qwarks...

I am making this an announcement because it should prove VERY helpful to most people that read it. Anyone that has more things to add please post and I will add it to this thread! Thanks

1) CF-30 D-Rings are VERY helpful to have when you want a shoulder strap. They are cheap too. P/N: DFMD9104ZA-0 - $4.27/each ($8.54 for a pair)
2) You can put a CF-30 Handle on a CF-29 to provide a stylus tether - DFKH8009YB-0 - $68.30
3) You can use a CF-27 handle on a CF-52 to provide a nice shoulder strap option since the CF-27 handles have the two loops built into it. NOTE: It will cover the MIC port, but the Audio out port will still be accessible.
4) You can split apart the black metal clamp part of a CF-29 D-ring and put a CF-30 D-ring on it to make the ring usable with a normal strap (You would have to split the CF-30 D-ring apart too of coarse). - So that you won't have to purchase the proprietary strap for the CF-29
5) A CF-29 battery will work just fine in a CF-30. We have yet to determine if a CF-30 battery with a ground down tab will work in a CF-29.
6) An emmisive backlit keyboard will work with a CF-29/CF-30 AND CF-31

 

Cause I am too lazy to type it all out.
toughbook-parts-commonality.html

Rob maybe you want to add your info to that existing thread?

 

disagree on the keyboard ino as some keyboards are not compatable

a emmissive cf28 will not work with out a convertor board

 

Okay. I've made a correction.

Thanks

 

Did we ever figure out what guns can fit in the media bay?

CF-72 battery is what is in the cf 29 media bay battery caddy correct?

 

There is an open thread of interest here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/343439-toughbook-parts-commonality.html

 

CF-VZSU14B 11.1V 3.6A

 

Ah yes I remember now.

 

Tomcat57 There is an open thread of interest here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/pana...mmonality.html
Today 04:22 AM

We have an echo in here

 

Yes we do
I just wish that we could get organised and post in the other thread
Especialy where we are asking part interchange info
as Cap Topcop and now deere245 would say
I think we have a thread on this somewhere lol

 

Maybe we can find a moderator to combine these?

 

It would set a precedence and I don't know where this would lead if I started organizing things around here

...where did I put that darn to-do list