The Compaq Portable is an early portable computer which was one of the first IBM PC compatible systems. It was Compaq Computer Corporation's first product...
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The Compaq Portable III (Model 2660) is a PC/AT-compatible computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller...
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The Compaq Portable II is the fourth product in the Compaq Portable series to be brought out by Compaq Computer Corporation. Released in 1986 at a price...
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Compaq's first computers' form factors were portable, also called "luggables", and then "lunchbox computers", and together constituted the Compaq Portable...
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The Compaq Portable 386 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was equipped with a 20 MHz Intel 80386 CPU, 1 MB RAM, 16 KB ROM...
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features such as portability and better technology, at prices comparable to those of IBM's PCs. In contrast to Dell and Gateway 2000, Compaq hired veteran...
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The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1991. It was the last portable computer/"luggable" released under the...
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History of laptops (section Compaq Portable)
at US$1,795 (equivalent to $6,208 in 2024). The Compaq Portable was the first PC-compatible portable computer created in 1982. The first shipment was...
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(11 kg) CP/M-based Osborne 1 (1981) and Compaq's 28-pound (13 kg), advertised as 100% IBM PC compatible Compaq Portable (1983). These luggable computers still...
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IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 is an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of the suitcase-size Compaq Portable. It...
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IBM, who settled with them. Soon after in 1982, Compaq released the very successful Compaq Portable, also with a clean-room reverse-engineered BIOS,...
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100% compatible with the IBM PC, like the earlier Compaq Portable. This compatibility had given Compaq the lead over companies like Columbia Data Products...
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in several years that Compaq relied on an outside company to design a portable computer of theirs and was the first machine Compaq had manufactured entirely...
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Hyperion (computer) (category Portable computers)
The Hyperion is an early portable computer that vied with the Compaq Portable to be the first portable IBM PC compatible. It was marketed by Infotech...
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ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-30. "COMPAQ UNVEILS LAPTOP | JOC.com". www.joc.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20. Compaq Portable SLT/286 InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media...
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Xerox NoteTaker (category Portable computers)
built, it strongly influenced the design of the later Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable computers. The NoteTaker was developed by a team that included Adele...
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unveiling of the LTE in October 1989, Compaq released the Portable 386 in 1987, another entry in Compaq's long line of portable computers that were compatible...
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unveiling of the LTE in October 1989, Compaq released the Portable 386 in 1987, another entry in Compaq's long line of portable computers that were compatible...
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operating systems including MS-DOS. In 1983 Compaq released the Portable, which was a (just about) portable version of the IBM PC specifically designed...
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List of Hewlett-Packard products (redirect from Hp compaq 2510p)
factor. Compaq ML330 Compaq ML330e Compaq ML350 Compaq ML370 Compaq ML530 Compaq ML570 Compaq ML750 Marketed as Compaq (pre-merger) Compaq ML330 Compaq ML350...
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manufacturing a portable computer, which were gaining popularity at the time. Compared to other portable computers of its time like the Compaq Portable and the...
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Mobile computing (redirect from Portable electronics)
and collaborate through active transactions of data. Individuality: A portable device or a mobile node connected to a mobile network often denotes an...
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One of the first computers to achieve 100% PC compatibility was the Compaq Portable, released in November 1982; it remained the most compatible clone into...
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mobile Portable computer, a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another Compaq Portable series (1982–?) Apricot Portable (1984) IBM...
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standard-size notebooks, not ultra-portable subnotebook computers. The "X" designation denoted an active matrix screen. The Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 and 4/33c...
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used Intel's low-powered, portable-specific 80386SL processor. Compaq became the first laptop to feature Intel's later portable-specific 80486SL with the...
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having to reverse-engineer the IBM PC BIOS themselves, as Compaq had done for the Portable; it also helped fuel the growth in the PC-compatibles industry...
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2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-08. "Gas Plasma Screen - Compaq Portable 386". December 19, 2018. "Compaq Portable 386 - Computer - Computing History". www.computinghistory...
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50 lb (23 kg) IBM 5100 was an early example. Later portables such as the Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable were considerably lighter but still needed to be...
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workstation were the portable computers of the early to mid-1980s, such as the Portal R2E CCMC, the Osborne 1, Kaypro II, the Compaq Portable and the Commodore...
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