Post B77A4nCvsszvkrRIPo by bersl2@furry.engineer
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(DIR) Post #B776EDFI2rjhIemJRg by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-08T05:30:01Z
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I wrote about a very interesting laptop, the Panasonic PRONOTE PD CF-62 from 1996:https://www.tumblr.com/foone/818829140728889344/(Admittedly I did this in order to call the panasonic designers from the 90s perverts (positive), but it's still some neat tech info along the way.)
(DIR) Post #B778OhycqGIHPo7FiK by KaraDanvers@social.chiefgyk3d.com
2026-06-08T05:54:19Z
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thats cool i like that
(DIR) Post #B77A4nCvsszvkrRIPo by bersl2@furry.engineer
2026-06-08T06:13:08Z
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@foone This could have been a laptop with a built-in cassette tape deck.
(DIR) Post #B77AGSZGRrSHDURq6K by TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-06-08T06:15:15Z
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@foone Christ that is sick though (complimentary). Those people need help (admiring). That's an absurd amount of engineering that will fail in all sorts of fascinating ways (anticipatory).
(DIR) Post #B77DoBWobh2o4t4k88 by jackemled@furry.engineer
2026-06-08T06:54:56Z
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@foone No one makes cool stuff like this anymore.
(DIR) Post #B77ENHHpBpzi4WnUrw by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-08T07:01:21Z
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@rive a little more unhinged, I think, since it's motorized
(DIR) Post #B77NidrFMfMdkDcz1k by rayotron@mstdn.social
2026-06-08T08:45:51Z
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@foone That's very cool! One could also be made that doubles as a toaster.
(DIR) Post #B77UanXICGtP7hV8DY by xChaos@f.cz
2026-06-08T10:02:57Z
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@foone my first idea was, that this video came from @NanoRaptor ...
(DIR) Post #B77aDw0p7EBmTbnMSu by pupnixie@woof.group
2026-06-08T11:06:02Z
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@foone I think they’re the only one that does it this way until recently for their Let’s Note (Japanese domestic business laptop line) and Toughbook. Here’s the manual for one that was released in 2015 (supports DVD-RAM). https://dl-pc-support.connect.panasonic.com/itn/manual/cfsx4/CF-SX4_Service_Win8_M/#manual/cd_dvd_drive.html%3FTocPath%3D_____10
(DIR) Post #B77bqTv1bHgUat1kvI by bazcook@mas.to
2026-06-08T11:24:16Z
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@foone - I’m inclined to think it was another Panasonic, but I remember seeing a laptop back in the day that had a printer built-in under the keyboard.Thought that was pretty cool.
(DIR) Post #B77j7QI52gHTwYpwP2 by wotsac@mastodon.social
2026-06-08T12:45:47Z
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@fooneI hate that the current political climate makes it dangerous to call people perverts, because there are so many perverts (positive) and utter degenerates (very positive) out there making computer
(DIR) Post #B77pfeYv5QpbmEQ1LM by shyra@bitbang.social
2026-06-08T13:59:08Z
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@foone I had one of these! It was a great party trick. Except for the CD-ROM drive being SCSI, so you couldn't boot off of it.I loved that little brick of a laptop.
(DIR) Post #B77smrISRENLA5qWHo by bmartin427@techhub.social
2026-06-08T14:34:05Z
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@foone @rive I see a lot of hinges... perhaps *over* hinged?
(DIR) Post #B78Cx251CQIyaIgl3w by ramin_hal9001@fe.disroot.org
2026-06-08T17:41:38.510180Z
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@foone woah, this thing could very well win the #NanoraptorChallenge couldn’t it!This thing looks to me sort-of like an IBM PC Convertible with a CD-ROM drive.How cool would it have been to have a IBM PC Convertible with a built-in LaserDisc player? (Nudge, nudge, @NanoRaptor )
(DIR) Post #B78Cx2vU3MGxD1Eeq8 by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-08T18:20:00Z
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@ramin_hal9001 @NanoRaptor the IBM convertible is already large enough to have a laserdisc player in there
(DIR) Post #B78tFbay5aLI1LAhlI by rfc6919@aus.social
2026-06-09T02:14:02Z
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@foone @projectgus i love it, but can’t help wondering why they didn’t just rotate 90° and eject out the left side
(DIR) Post #B79NCCs0Ycj55pRAxM by projectgus@aus.social
2026-06-09T07:40:13Z
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@rfc6919 @foone ... perverts?