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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Compaq Computer Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to CQ prior to the 2007 rebranding) was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that...
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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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(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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History of laptops (section Compaq Portable)
at US$1,795 (equivalent to $6,016 in 2023). The Compaq Portable was the first PC-compatible portable computer created in 1982. The first shipment was...
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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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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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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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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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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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followed by Eagle Computer. Compaq announced its first product, an IBM PC compatible in November 1982, the Compaq Portable. The Compaq was the first sewing machine-sized...
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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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Personal computer (section Portable)
computers became available soon after the introduction of the PC, with the Compaq Portable being a leading example of the type. Later models included a hard drive...
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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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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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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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brand.) Compaq Presario 600 series Compaq Presario 633 Compaq Presario 650 Compaq Presario 660 Compaq Presario 800 series Compaq Presario 850 Compaq Presario...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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IBM 5100 (category Portable computers)
compatible portable computer, the Compaq Portable. It was the evolution of a prototype called the SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) that was...
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BASIC.COM did not run on even highly compatible PC clones, such as the Compaq Portable. The name Disk BASIC came from its use of floppy disks as well as cassette...
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List of Hewlett-Packard products (redirect from Hp compaq 2510p)
6530b HP Compaq 6535b HP Compaq 6710b HP Compaq 6710s HP Compaq 6715b HP Compaq 6715s HP Compaq 6720s HP Compaq 6730b HP Compaq 6730b HP Compaq 6820s HP...
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powerful and expandable. Following the release of the IBM-compatible Compaq Portable in 1983, the market for CP/M computers shrank and Osborne was unable...
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Contura is a line of notebook-sized laptops produced by Compaq from 1992 to 1996. The Contura was Compaq's first attempt at making an affordable, entry-level...
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