Panasonic Toughbook CF-72
Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor 700 MHz[1]
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128 MB (384 MB Max.)[1] |
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20GB[1] |
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Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition (for CF-72xxxxxEX) |
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CD-ROM drive or CD-ROM drive / SuperDisk drive, depending on the mark |
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Graphics controller |
unknown |
Screen |
13.3" TFT Color / 1024x768 pixels[1] |
Wireless capabilities |
none; predates wireless (WiFi) technologies |
Keyboard |
87 keys[1] |
Battery |
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Weight |
~2.9kg[1] |
Price |
over $3000[2] |
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-72 is a semi-rugged laptop manufactured by Panasonic and released in November 2000.[3]
Mark/Generation differences[edit | edit source]
CF-72 | N | 3 | F | C | Z | D | M |
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Model | CPU type
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LCD type
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HDD type / RAM size
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Drive
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unknown
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Operating system
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Country
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The Mark 3 is thicker than Mark 2 due to the touchscreen.[5]
BIOS[edit | edit source]
The BIOS used is a PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.0 on Mark 1. If a BIOS password is entered incorrectly three times, the system beeps once and then shuts itself down automatically. The system will not be locked down or anything; meaning that you are free to (attempt to) enter the password again.
To bypass the BIOS password, build the Panasonic Password Skipping Plug and use it.[1]
Issues[edit | edit source]
If the optical drive is not set to master, it will notably increase boot time.[6]
ATA-6 hard disk drives, despite being backwards-compatible with the older ATA-5 standard, may not work.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Panasonic Toughbook CF-72N3FxZxx Service Manual
- ↑ Discussion about CF-72 prices
- ↑ Japanese Wikipedia's Toughbook article
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Panasonic Toughbook CF-72 [LinLap - Linux Laptop Wiki]
- ↑ Physical specification of CF72mk3 on Panasonic Global site
- ↑ CF-72X a couple questions on NotebookReview.com forum
- ↑ CF-72 info page on Toughbook wiki