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    Record breaking Toughbook?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Shellback, May 7, 2013.

  1. Shellback

    Shellback Notebook Geek

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    I know there's a closed thread on the subject, but to me, this is jaw-dropping.
    On the auction bay there is a "Panasonic cf-18 mk5 ToughBook Rugged" with the
    accumulated operating time of 4194300 on the bios screen.
    Yes, that's seven figures! Doesn't that make it a collector's item?

    Philip
     
  2. capt.dogfish

    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Something is definitely wrong here. That's 174,762.5 days, that's 478.8 years. And the flux capacitor goes where on a CF-18?
    CAP
     
  3. ADOR

    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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  4. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    That's 4,194,300 hours

    or 478.801369863 YEARS :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah: :nah:
     
  5. ADOR

    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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    I think that was Dr Who's toughbook. He must of upgraded.
     
  6. SHEEPMAN!

    SHEEPMAN! Freelance

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    What bios version was that again?
     
  7. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    it was made in 1535

    Jan 15th - Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
    Jan 18th - Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru
    Feb 10th - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
    Mar 10th - Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands
    Mar 28th - Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
    Apr 1st - Panasonic CF18 mk5 started production
    Jun 14th - Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis
    Jun 17th - English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
    Jun 24th - Anabaptists Protestants conquered & disbanded
    Jun 24th - Hessische troops occupy Munster
    Jul 1st - Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
    Jul 14th - Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis
    Jul 22nd - Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Adm Barbarossa
    Aug 31st - Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII
    Sep 1st - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal)
    Oct 2nd - Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)



    Actually I think it was November of 2006
     
  8. SHEEPMAN!

    SHEEPMAN! Freelance

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    I see an ec but no bios. Is that common?
     
  9. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Oops! My tired eyes missed that..
     
  10. Driller

    Driller Notebook Evangelist

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    Rusty? you been playing with the bios stuff again?..Driller
     
  11. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Kinda funny...when I first read this thread that was the first person I thought of too :thumbsup:
     
  12. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    The funniest post n the last 478 years!
     
  13. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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  14. Connor922

    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    Has anyone ever noticed a possible bug in the MK1 CF-30 BIOS clock....if you pay close attention when you upgrade a factory bios to the current revised BIOS available on the Panasonic site, the hours are almost always reduced, it depends on the total hours of how much is subtracted but its usually at least 20-50 hours. I was wondering if the factory BIOS has a bug which clocks the time at an accelerated rate and the update fixes it. Maybe the 18s had a similar problem like this, although that seems extreme.