{"id":59,"date":"2015-10-20T22:15:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T03:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoreancoder.pw\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2015-11-20T00:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:58:38","slug":"reviving-the-cf-41-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoreancoder.pw\/blog\/archives\/reviving-the-cf-41-part-1","title":{"rendered":"Reviving the CF-41 (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good friend of mine gave me a 486 laptop to play around with. I&#8217;ve been hunting these bad boys down to make myself a half decent DOS game machine.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manualslib.com\/manual\/304475\/Panasonic-Toughbook-Cf-41mkiii.html\" target=\"_blank\">CF-41 from Panasonic<\/a> A.K.A. The &#8216;Toughbook&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Nice little machine, from what I can tell in Windows 95 (Came pre-installed) it has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 486 Processor (\u00a0probably an Intel <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intel_80486\" target=\"_blank\">486DX50<\/a>\u00a0)<\/li>\n<li>12MB of ram (Upgrading later on! )<\/li>\n<li>10&#8243; 640&#215;480 color screen<\/li>\n<li>Builtin CD Rom Drive<\/li>\n<li>260MB Hard Disk (Going to attempt to CF )<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chips_and_Technologies\" target=\"_blank\">Chips &amp; Technologies 65548<\/a> GPU (Seems to do 640x480x16 no problem, so I&#8217;m happy!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ESS_Technology\" target=\"_blank\">ESS Audio Drive 1688<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/goughlui.com\/2012\/11\/29\/tech-flashback-the-golden-age-of-sound-cards-and-creative-labs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sound Blaster Compatible<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, this laptop has issues. It&#8217;s battery is dying, CMOS battery needs replacement, Floppy drive needs replacement, Power Supply &#8212; you get what I&#8217;m saying. It needs a lot of love.<\/p>\n<p>So, first things first! I want to get data in\/ out of this thing. But sadly, since the floppy drive isn&#8217;t working, I might have to resort to the COM port (Seeing the CD Drivers aren&#8217;t installed).<\/p>\n<p>For now, my to-do list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get data in\/out<\/li>\n<li>Fix CMOS battery<\/li>\n<li>Fix Big Battery<\/li>\n<li>Replace Floppy Drive \/ Attempt to fix it<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade Ram<\/li>\n<li>CF Hard drive replacement?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good friend of mine gave me a 486 laptop to play around with. I&#8217;ve been hunting these bad boys down to make myself a half decent DOS game machine. I ended up with a CF-41 from Panasonic A.K.A. The &#8216;Toughbook&#8217;. 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