Testing GPS

[Toughbook]

Well... The guy selling the 1Ghz CF-28 is down to just a few and the auction has ended. I emailed him asking for him to send me an invoice for one or put it up on ebay again so I can buy it. Then I can transfer some of my hacks over to it and sell the one I have.

We'll see... I want the internal GPS A N D I want the 1Ghz laptop!

I'm easy to please...

[DJACID]

i was soooooo close in buying another cf-28,
i just want to keep one as a spare especialy since my cd drive died on me(rest its sole), buying one to keep as a spare is clever thinking i think, when you think of the parts some sellers charge, i have £200quid at the moment not much but aint needing it for anything els, i did have £500quid saved up a month ago for buying a cf-29 but since i had one for the entire weekend it just isnt worth it too be honest better stick with a cf-28 money wise much better........

[Toughbook]

I'm going to buy a 1ghz CF-28 with GPS this weekend. I'm waiting for the seller to get back to me with what he has in stock.

[DJACID]

great news!!!!
have you put ur cf-28 up on auction yet??????????
or are you going to buy that one first then list it?????????
will you list it as one lot????????
or the cf-28 on its own and the extra's in a seperate auctions?????

[Toughbook]

I haven't done amything yet. I'll probably buy the new one and see what it looks like first... Then sell...

[DJACID]

wise choice just in case there are any marks etc????????

but i read is auction and he says most are in good condition........`

[jamesjrl]

Just stumbled across this forum while looking for general info on the cf-28
I took the plunge and bought one from US auction, with gps(sounds very much like the one mentioned above)
so can post about the condition when it arrives to UK, USPS, guessing gonna come via royal mail so could be forever :-( them being on strike half the time.

i have a p3 acer, broken screen hinges junk that would hang randomly if i installed xp and a duron vaio, again broken screen hinge which i replaced only for the new one to break within a year!!, looks like it was designed to fatigue
i vowed never to own a laptop again, despite having to travel from time to time, until i heard about toughbooks... if i break this one that really is it, no more.

i'm hoping to pull the ram(256M expansion) and HD(40gig) from the vaio(fx-201), crucial are quoting two different part numbers for ram despite looking to me identical... if anyone can think of a reason not to plug it in if it will fit i'd be grateful for a heads up :-).
also any reason i shouldn't be messing with the hard drive, what with gel packs and stuff?

i'm gonna stick tinyXP and maybe (k/x)/ubuntu on there and post how i get on if anyone is interested

James

[DJACID]

well that is a great buy....
toughbook is buying the same one hopefuly he'll get is on monday,
the hinges on the toughbook are really strong, stronger then most laptops, but still how are ur hinges keep breaking, what are you doing sitting on them.......LOL!!!!!!!!
anyway about the ram long as it is pc100/pc133 sdram then you shouldnt get any problems at all........
hard drive well toughbook is the one to ask about that i had mine changed for me at the shop, but just bought a 60gb 7200rpm hard drive yesterday which i will be putting into my c-28 when i get it, the faster the rpm on ur hard drive the better currently my one is the 4600rpm(4400rpm )............
i wouldnt advice installing tinyxp unless it was made by urself or for a laptop, but much as i know tinyxp is mostly made just for desktop pc, and all options for laptops including battery saving..ect have been removed to make it more streamlined........
i advice you just make ur very own slimllined copy of xp and install it, specialy as you dont have a recovery cd, you can make ur own.........
if you need help making it then just pm me and i'll help out in anyway i can..........

[jamesjrl]

a very good point about tinyxp djacid, the laptop stuff being stripped, ah well stripiing xp myself it will be then darn.
got so used to installing that everywhere too, my desktops are generally underspecced and i love the install.
i maybe interested in some guides or whatever to stripping out xp to the minimum for laptop use, also happy to download an image from somewhere if you know of something like tinyxp for laptops.

these laptops are a good deal though, especially for the UK, i mean even the parts for these go for silly money.
i'm half tempted to buy another to resell or break it up for parts.

side question, anyone got one of those backlit keyboards? do they have any downside, like usage, feel?
i love the idea of being able to type in low light, might look out for one if i manage not to sit on my hinges :-)
the vaio fx-201 has terrible design flaw with hinges by the way, the right hand hinge isnt in the right place on the base and kicks out at a right angle to reach the side of the screen, this kick out is a horrible fatigue point, the left hinge was still going strong. -anyone want screen parts for an fx 200 series UK?

hmm, now to research some software to use that GPS reciever... give me something to do this afternoon :-)

[DJACID]

i have seen the black backlit keyboards going for £30quid with £15quid postage, i aint too bother about that, mine is the std white keyboard and i think it looks good, when am on one of my out back trips the lcd gives me enough light to see the keyboard anyway,
about software for ur gps, i use pc navigator, gps tuner with off roading maps,
if you want i can give you any of those softwares, also i vae all the microsoft gps software as well street,trips...etc..........
if you dont live too far you can come collect it.........
about streamlining winxp well i have a really good pdf file which tells you step by step on how to make it ur self, too be honest not hard at all, also it included sites where you can down load the latest driver packs plus windows update packages..............