So, i want to buy a rugged laptop

Stormtrooper of Death

Hints and tips from www.overclockers.com about how to make a laptop EMP proof:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=661643

This is what Archangel111 wrote , and i bet that some cyberpunk lovers like what he wrote:

"I forgot to mention that you will need to acquire an isolated electricity source as well. It doesn't matter how EMP proof your computer is if it's plugged into a wall outlet. the particles in the blast waves would surge through the country's power grid and force their way through the electrical wiring in your house (or wherever you happen to be). If your computer is plugged in the neutrons will simply travel through your power cord and fry your motherboard, among other things.

the best (as far as I have found, along with my personal preference for isolated power) is a company called Goal0 (Goal Zero). They have a wide array of solar charging stations which can be mixed and matched to best suit your individualized goal. This way you are essentially off the grid and still functioning whilst the rest of the country is out of power. Depending on your setup and your seller this could cost between $300 - $2,500.

Oh, by the way. An EMP isn't like your average, run of the mill atomic bomb. It is detonated between 30 and 300 miles above the surface of the Earth. If this were the case for America, 98% of the entire North American Continent would be electronically powerless... unless you're off the grid. the affected area would cover the American mainland completely, would cover half of Canada, and half of Mexico. Now just imagine if there was more than one bomb...

A side message to TERMINATOR: Half of the info on my hard drives is SURVIVALISM, not games. While those who do not take this possible threat seriously enough struggle to simply find any food at all, my team and I will have the information on how to make fires, build shelters if need be, find and purify water, along with how to find food.

Remember, if you fail to plan... you plan to fail."

All honour goes to the guys and girls at overclockers.com for the info, Especially Archangel111. hehe. and of course myselve for my drunken search on the net today for the info you asked for.

Cheerio. Hopa hopa, to worldwar IV

Carnivore - World Wars III And IV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvaOn5CwTRI
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tonehog

I don't think it's completely necessary to go off-the-grid for good power isolation. I'd think an uninterrupted power supply would perform a decent enough amount of power conditioning. Though I have seen full-scale professional power conditioning units that ran off grid power, they're cost-prohibitive for the common user.

Oh, and that new laptop you linked has a nice mil-spec design appeal to it. Thumbs Up

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CyberFusion · Enigma's Little Pet Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Posts: 42

400 dollars for a toughbook is not bad at all even if its 10+ year old tech

downer

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Stormtrooper of Death

the best 'indestructible keyboard' Is still a holographic keyboard.
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Stormtrooper of Death

Still waiting for my CF-27 laptop. Shit man, the German company i ordered the CF-27 laptop seemed to have holidays from 30-12-2010 till 06-01-2010. Already 2.5 weeks waiting.

Guy told me he send tha laptop 3 days ago. Anyhow, i will post some pictures of it, when i have played / expanded it.

Going to fit some Wifi, bigger HD, more memory, maybe soldering another Intel Pentium III CPu on top of the already PEntium II 300mHz CPU.

There is a website on the netz, where a guy explains in detail how you can solder another CPU on top of one that is on the mainboard. Just some wiring to some pins, and voilas. from 300Mhz to 500 or 800mHz Pentium 3 with SSE.

Humm, maybe i could do some more practise about how to handle a solder iron.
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Stormtrooper of Death

So, i got it today: Yep the amazing Panasonic Toughbook CF-27.

Its cool, looks almost brandnew, except some wear and tear on the outside hull. 300mhz pentium 2, with installed Windows 2000 (service pack 4).

Okay, its the german version of Win 2000, but what the heck.

One thing that it lacks: the diskdrive and CD-rom drive.

Does anybody know a way to install Windows 98/ME on this machine ?

I tried to install Win ME on another laptop, then swapped the harddrive, but when the CF-27 boots, it says : Missing operating system/command-line or such thing.

I cant boot from an external CD-rom or USB.

any hints.

Oh, and i love this Cf-27. It even has its re-tractable antenna on the left-side and a sim-compartment/holder inside. So, you can use a standard GSM-SIM card to use this CF-27 as a mobile phone or so. hehe.

Wonderfull.
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Stormtrooper of Death

Screwhead

don't know if this will help you any, but here's drivers for the CF-27: http://www.toughbookdrivers.com/drivers/cf-27/

I'd read the PDF to double check what's in there, but I don't have a PDF reader installed yet! (I'm in the middle of a system reinstall heh)

(found on this page: http://toughbook.wikispaces.com/links )

Stormtrooper of Death

Thanks for the link, but i already downloaded the drivers and PDF files for the CF-27 MK2.

Now i got Windows XP running nice.
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tonehog

I'd consider a linux distro for this for true "tough hackbox" appeal. Very Happy

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Stormtrooper of Death

That would make the thing working faster, but one problem:

I have almost no experience with Linux. And to learn how to use Linux takes me time, time i dont have a lot nowadays.

And i dont think that when i install linux on a Pentium II - 300mhz machine, and use an XP-emulator-orwhatyacallit-thingy to play games on it, i will become slow ... or am i wrong ?

I now have ZNESW working on it, so i can play old SNES games , like Marioworld and Donkey Kong Country 3

also Nerf Arena, Half-Life, Delta Force Landwarrior, Diablo II and some others.

OH, and the shop i bought this laptop from, e-mailed me, that the diskdrive was not included. I can order one for 16,90 euro incl. P&P to Hollandia.

I am planning to take my CF-27 to the forest this weekend, to test the toughness./roughness while on the road. Not taking a laptop bag with me. Only an extra battery.

Oh, and the German shop also gives 1 year (!!!) guarantee on this laptop. A lot of E-bay sellers only give 3 months, or even less guarantee.

http://www.alles4pc.de/product_info.php?cPath=3_20&products_id=723&page=
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iHME · Cyberjunkie Joined: 09 Jan 2011 Posts: 298

Hot damn, under 90eur!
I used a aluminium cased one in military, had one USB port Smile

It had xp and a something Ghz processor. the Al case is much cooler than the german police plastic one. the aerial is propably for a GSM modem, so with the right software you can get online pretty much everywhere.
It is likely GPRS only, and the ping can be +300ms easily.
If you are intereted in "hacking" USmilitary communications think about getting a cheap HAM tranceiver that does 222Mhz and 430Mhz bands. Then unlock.
US navy fleetsats are geosynchronous, no auth, no encryption on voice (mostly).
Uplink is 390Mhz and downlink 250Mhz, numerous channels. A ~120usd wouxun handhelds should work. Then you need a old large satellite dish, some goodquality 50ohm coax, and some copper pipe and mesh screen to replace the LNB with a circularily polarised helixal antenna. A 144Mhz/430Mhz wouxun could work too, but you would need to change from transmit to recive manually as you would need a diode frequency doubler to transmit.

On the subject http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom?currentPage=all

Back on topic.

I might have to get that old philips instead of the g3 or g4 iBook with powerPC and Ti or Al frame instead.
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Stormtrooper of Death

hi IMHe, you are a bit wrong by saying that the CF-27 has a plastic case.

In fact the case is a tough magnesium alloy casing, 20 times stronger than plastic, encloses the working components. Plastic breaks very fast, but the Cf-27 case/body is tougher.

Here are some specs:

A breakthrough design lets it withstand being dropped from a considerable height and provides excellent resistance to water and dust. A tough magnesium alloy casing, 20 times stronger than plastic, encloses the working components. Inside, the hard drive is shock mounted and enclosed in a protective stainless steel case. Internal dampers also protect the LCD and help prevent screen bending or twisting.
It is ideally suited to construction sites, gas, power or water maintenance work,and any other rugged field applications.
the hard drive is enclosed in a 10mm thick hi-tech gel compound to protect it from those accidental bumps, drops and spills.
So take this Toughbook anywhere without worrying about accidents.

Oh, and for cyberpunks who live in the UK, heres a link to a UK retailer that sells CF-27 for 99,99 UK pounds.

http://www.thelaptopcentre.co.uk/cheap-refurbished-laptops/cheap-used-laptops.html
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