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    Name that laptop...

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by mattpayne, Feb 1, 2010.

  1. mattpayne

    mattpayne Notebook Consultant

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    Not a panny, but anyone have an idea on what these are and their vintage???

    Matt

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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    Maybe a 10 year old Motorola

    Looks a bit like my first Toughbook a Cf-25 the first fully rugged Toughbook, first available in 1996
    I bought a slightly used cf-25 in 1998 , it had a 133mhz processor and a 10" tft screen with w95 which I upgraded a year later to w98
    A few years after Panasonic came out with the cf-25 , other manufacturers copied them and came out with their own Rugged models

    Alex
     
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    I'm thinking Getac.
    CAP
     
  4. mattpayne

    mattpayne Notebook Consultant

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    I think your right... these are ex UK MOD and dont have any of the manufacturors labels on them... makes figuring out what spec a little 'interesting' :)

    They do look like Getac, but I dont have much luck googling any info on legacy machines... all i can find is the current fully rugged A750 im wondering what the lowest spec these could be! parts are certainly not as plentiful as the Toughbook!! lol!! :)
     
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    Yes, even the fairly new GETAC A795M looks like a 14 year old cf-25 :eek:

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    Alex
     
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    as Tomcat rightly says !!
     
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    Either Getac or Dolch (pretty much the same company). Since the speaker covers are rounded on the end, I am thinking one of the "kinda" later models with the 600MHz-850MHz processor. I have two and they are built like the proverbial tank. Even more rugged than the Toughbooks in design, but with that comes the weight. They all have the rubber keyboard, but not many had the lighted one. I still get mine out and use it (600MHz with 256/384 RAM with XP Pro SP3) when the mood hits me.
     
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    The one lcd you can see in the picture looks pretty much full size in the sense of the 12" vs 13.3" on the CF-28. Does that help with identification?
    CAP
     
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    well there are bunch of 10 - buy it now for 500ukp - as seen, some without HDD's.... if they dont sell, he will split :) fingers crossed! lol!
     
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    Keep me posted. See if you can find out the specs and if any have the lighted keyboard.
     
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    I phoned the chap up and had a chat, they are al supplied without any psu's so he is unable/unwilling to enlighten me with the specs... he gave me ther serial and part numbers from one though

    sspl a320t

    pn 6064-2-200

    secure systems productions

    Secure systems look like they take comodity laptops and harden them for defence... looking at the part number and your hints it looks like its an A320 :)

    and the screens fill the bezels, so im guessing the larger screen option