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Panasonic CF-29 LCD

GPS Software for Toughbooks

A very useful list of programs you can use with your GPS enabled Toughbook. Most of them are freeware.

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Decoding Panasonic CF-28 Model Number

Does it have WWAN or Bluetooth installed? What is the processor speed? Find out what components and features are installed in your CF-28 Toughbook.

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Decoding Panasonic CF-18 Model Number

Do you have CF-18 Mark 1 or Mark 5? What is the difference? Check it out. All feature and options are encoded in your full model number.

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Digitizer and Resistive Touchscreen Explained

Many people are getting confused when dealing with digitizer equipped notebooks like Toughbook CF-18 or CF-19. We’ll try to explain the difference.

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Hard Drive Replacement in Panasonic CF-29

Required hardware #00 Philips screwdriver There are three major parts to the CF-29 HD caddy Metal caddy Plastic & foam HD carrier, “damper” Heater and HD connector strip Four screws hold the top (Panasonic part DFHE5025XA.) Three on the connector …

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Upgrading Hard Drive in Panasonic CF-18

Step-by-step guide on how to upgrade your old CF-18 hard drive to a new fast 320GB beast. With pictures.

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Upgrading Hard Drive in Panasonic Toughbook CF-T2/W2/Y2

Panasonic CF-T2, CF-Y2 and CF-W2 use 3 Volt hard drives. Most ATA-6 hard drives sold in retail are not compatible since they require 5 Volts. With slight modification you can install 5V hard drive in your CF-T2, CF-W2 or CF-Y2 …

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Procedure to Setup the Touchscreen Driver

In order to load the touch screen drivers, please follow these instructions.

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Installing Ubuntu Linux 6.10/7.0 on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 Tablet PC

How to install Ubuntu 6.10 on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 Tablet PC (model CF-18FDHZBVE)

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