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From: Chuck Morford (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 16:30:22 EDT
I've always like the Panasonic Toughbook as a
shipboard PC.
The older models can be had for $200-$500 on
eBay.
The newer ones aren't cheap, but they're pretty
rugged and weather proof...
When I worked in the IT department at NCDOT we
used to equip a lot the road crews with these...
--- Len den Besten <>
wrote:
> Imo a fanless 12-v pc is a better solution than
> a laptop.
> - a laptop is prone to fall.
> - a laptop fan blows salty air by its
> components.
> - a laptop's power consumption is considerable,
> esp. when you use an
> inverter/adapter.
> - when you spill some liquid over your
> keyboard, the whole laptop
> is out of order.
>
> As I look at it now my choice is an Alubox
> fanless 1 GHz PC.
> If you don't mind the dutch language:
> http://www.shiptron.nl/docs/alu-max.pdf
> Complete system for $1,200. It works on 12 v /
> 1,3 Amp.
> I'll probably invest in a stabilized 12-v
> powersource to be on the
> safe side.
>
> With it's Pentium III and 512 Mb memory it can
> handle all I want to
> do with it.
> It will be many months before I actually buy
> one but it will be
> mounted inside a locker. I'll have a keyboard
> and a trackball at the
> chart-table and I'm considering a second screen
> (these VGA-cables
> come in up to 7 meters) and a "bolt-on"
> trackball near the wheel in
> the cockpit.
>
> Len
> S/v Present
>
> --- In , "Lee
> Haefele" <Lee at h dot dot dot >
> wrote:
> > One BIG problem I have seen is that people
> get new computers
> > which are under warranty. Where YOU can
> CARRY a computer through
> > customs easily, if you try to SHIP it over
> and back through
> > customs you may be asked for duty, also there
> are long waits for
> > processing at customs. I have met possibly
> 10 cruisers in this
> > situation, all unhappy. Plan on laptop
> failure once a year, but
> > YMMV.
> > Lee Haefele
>
>
>
>
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