Panasonic Toughbook CF-25

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Central processing unit (CPU)

Intel Pentium processor[1]; clock rates vary between different marks

Random access memory (RAM)

8MB (maximum 40MB)[1]

Hard disk drive (HDD)

840MB/1.35GB[1]

Operating system (OS)

Microsoft Windows 95[1]

Optical disk drive (ODD)

none

Graphics controller

Chips & Technologies[2] (Marks 1&2) or NeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZV (Mark 3)

Screen

10.4" TFT Color / 800x600 pixels[1]

Wireless capabilities

none; predates wireless technologies

Keyboard

Windows 95 Keyboard (for U.S.A.: 87 keys, for U.K.: 89 keys)[1]

Battery

Battery pack: Ni-MH (Nickel Metal Hybride) rechargable battery pack, 9.6V, 3200 mAh
Clock battery: Coin type lithium battery, 3.0V; operating time: approximately 10 years[1]

Weight

3.4kg[1]

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-25 is a fully rugged laptop manufactured by Panasonic. It is the first fully rugged laptop made by Panasonic.[3] It was originally released in October 1996[3], and sold in Japan under the name Panasonic Pronote FG CF-25.

It has been designed to resist dust and humidity, and in addition to that, it's capable of surviving falls from heights of up to 70 centimeters.[4]

The CF-25 was succeeded by CF-27 in October 1998.

Mark/Generation differences[edit | edit source]

CF-25 C G 8 2 A A M
Model CPU type
C: Intel® Pentium 100MHz (Mark 1)
D: Intel® Pentium 120MHz (Mark 2)
E: Intel® Pentium 133MHz (Mark 1 or Mark 2)
F: Intel® Pentium 150MHz (Mark 2)
L: Intel® Pentium MMX 166MHz (Mark 3)
 LCD type
G: 10.4" TFT Color / 800x600 pixels
J: 12.1"
V: 12.1" Active Matrix STN
X: 12.1"
 HDD type
8: 840MB
C: 1.35GB (Mark 1) / 1.44GB (Mark 2)
F: 2.1GB
 RAM size
2: 8MB (expandable to 40MB)
4: 16MB (expandable to 48MB)
 unknown
A:
D:
 Operating system
A: Microsoft Windows 95
 Country
E: United Kingdom
F: France
G: Germany
M: USA & Canada (=North America)
P: Spain
S: Sweden
T: Italy

Issues[edit | edit source]

The topmost of the CF-25's three PCMCIA slots has issues with interrupt request (IRQ) assignments.[5][6]

The CF-25 BIOS does not like CardBus cards nor 3.3 volt PCMCIA WiFi cards.[5]

The CF-25 does not support modern WiFi security technologies[5], such as Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2).

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Panasonic Toughbook CF-25 Mark 1 Service Manual. Accessed on 22 April 2016.
  2. ↑ The Panasonic CF-25 Information Page | kishy.ca. Accessed on 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Press release — 10th anniversary for Panasonic Toughbooks (archived on Internet Archive)
  4. ↑ Toughbook wiki on wikispaces.com (archived on Internet Archive)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Thread about CF-25's networking capabilities on NotebookReview.com forum
  6. ↑ CF-25 + Windows 98SE = IRQ problems on NotebookReview.com forum
Panasonic Toughbook
Current models are bolded.
Fully rugged laptops: CF-07 • CF-08 • CF-17 • CF-18 • CF-19 • CF-20 • CF-25 • CF-27 • CF-28 • CF-29 • CF-30 • CF-31 • CF-M32 • CF-M33 • CF-M34 • CF-35 • CF-45 • CF-48 • CF-61 • CF-62 • CF-63 • CF-D1
Semi-rugged laptops: CF-T5 • CF-W5 • CF-Y5 • CF-Y7 • CF-F8 • CF-47 • CF-50 • CF-51 • CF-52 • CF-53 • CF-71 • CF-72 • CF-73 • CF-74 • CF-C1 • CF-C2
Business rugged laptops: CF-AX2
Other/Specialist models: CF-37 • CF-P2 • Toughpad FZ-A1 • Toughpad FZ-G1 • Toughpad JT-B1 • CF-H2 field • CF-H2 health • CF-U1 • CF-U1 PIMD
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