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    What do you use your CF-28 for?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Rayford Booth, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. Rayford Booth

    Rayford Booth Notebook Geek

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    So i keep reading about all those cool mods people do and add-ons. Got me thinking,

    What do you use your CF-28 for?
    What do you run on it? OS and software
    What are the specs of your CF-28?
    What mods have you made to it? Paint, hardware, etc etc
    Inclusion of pictures would be great :)

    Thanks
     
    Rayford Booth, Mar 22, 2008
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  2. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I use mine for MegaSquirt tuning, GPS/Mapping, and as a laptop in bad environments (The machine shop I work at, and outdoors). It's also used as a wireless testing/breaching unit.

    It also doubles as a legal weapon in 9 states.

    I run XP, Linux Mint, and Linux BackTrack 2. Specs are in my sig.
     
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  3. Rayford Booth

    Rayford Booth Notebook Geek

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    Make any hardware mods to it?
     
    Rayford Booth, Mar 22, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Sure did. All my GPS testing was done in it, so it's got a GPS module in it, 400Mw wireless card with external connectors, and swapped out my buggy old keyboard for a rubber backlit one. I also have a DVD-RW burner, 6.6Ah battery, and a media pocket battery.

    I haven't painted it yet though, but when I do it'll be flat black like my car.
     
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  5. Rayford Booth

    Rayford Booth Notebook Geek

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    Anyone know where i can get a CF-28 for a good price. I have been looking on ebay but cant find anything good.

    Thanks
     
    Rayford Booth, Mar 22, 2008
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    Wheel Chock, step stool to reach that top shelf, door stop. lap warmer, self defense, network inspection, navigation aid, program development, 9# mp3 player, surfing the web while watching tv, preparing and presenting presentations, dumping my pictures on, checking into Ebay, pissing my wife off (all the money I spent on it), picture grabber for security cam, watching DVD's, ripping, burning, dictionary, fact searching (its on the web so its true), computing Biodiesel batches (home made software), remote server administration.........
    Rick H...
     
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    What do you use your CF-28 for?
    I program industrial controls in auto plants.

    What do you run on it? OS and software
    I dual-boot W98 and XP. I keep 98 around mainly so I've got a real DOS environment for the older DOS-based software (that still gets used from time to time)

    What are the specs of your CF-28?
    1 GHz, 768MB RAM, 100GB Hitachi drive, etc. Like the rest of the NBR crew, I've pretty much maxed out what can be done with the 28.

    What mods have you made to it? Paint, hardware, etc etc
    I was going to paint mine black, but I found a factory black-painted 28 that I swapped parts with to make mine black. Where I use mine, a "hey look at me!" paintjob is not an asset. Sadly, I haven't done any serious hardware mods to mine, yet. I've got all the parts, just haven't gotten around to doing anything yet.

    Inclusion of pictures would be great :)
    I've got a lot of pictures up on the yahoo group, if you've joined there.
     
    gravitar, Mar 23, 2008
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  10. TBtech29

    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    not a 28, but i will use my 27 for my garage unit. mp3 player, pics, repair manuals, etc...
     
    TBtech29, Mar 23, 2008
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