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Compaq
Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation was an United States personal computer company founded in 1982, and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard Company....
's first computers were portable
Portable computer

A portable computer is a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another and includes a display and keyboard. Portable computers, by their nature, are microcomputers....
 'lunchbox' or 'luggable' computers, and as such belong to the Compaq Portable series. These computers measured approximately 1×1 foot on the side, and were approx. 2½ ft wide.

Some of the portables (the Portable
Compaq Portable

The Compaq Portable was the first product in the Compaq portable series to be commercially available under the Compaq brand . It was the first "100%" IBM PC compatible personal computer not manufactured by IBM, and also the first IBM PC compatible portable computer....
 and Portable II
Compaq Portable II

The Compaq Portable II was the third product in the Compaq portable series to be brought out by Compaq. Released in 1986 at a price of US$3199, the Portable II was much improved upon its predecessors - It included an 8 MHz processor, and was lighter and smaller than the Compaq Portable....
) had CRT
Cathode ray tube

The cathode ray tube is a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen, with internal or external means to accelerate and deflect the electron beam, used to create images in the form of light emitted from the fluorescent screen....
 monitors, while others (the Portable III and the Portable 386) had flat, single-color, usually amber
Amber (color)

Amber is an orange -yellow color that got its name from the material known as amber. Due to this, amber can refer not to one but to a series of shades of orange , since the natural material varies from nearly yellow when newer to orange or reddish-orange when older....
, plasma display
Plasma display

A plasma display panel is a type of flat panel display common to large television displays . Many tiny cells between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases....
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Compaq
Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation was an United States personal computer company founded in 1982, and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard Company....
's first computers were portable
Portable computer

A portable computer is a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another and includes a display and keyboard. Portable computers, by their nature, are microcomputers....
 'lunchbox' or 'luggable' computers, and as such belong to the Compaq Portable series. These computers measured approximately 1×1 foot on the side, and were approx. 2½ ft wide.

Some of the portables (the Portable
Compaq Portable

The Compaq Portable was the first product in the Compaq portable series to be commercially available under the Compaq brand . It was the first "100%" IBM PC compatible personal computer not manufactured by IBM, and also the first IBM PC compatible portable computer....
 and Portable II
Compaq Portable II

The Compaq Portable II was the third product in the Compaq portable series to be brought out by Compaq. Released in 1986 at a price of US$3199, the Portable II was much improved upon its predecessors - It included an 8 MHz processor, and was lighter and smaller than the Compaq Portable....
) had CRT
Cathode ray tube

The cathode ray tube is a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen, with internal or external means to accelerate and deflect the electron beam, used to create images in the form of light emitted from the fluorescent screen....
 monitors, while others (the Portable III and the Portable 386) had flat, single-color, usually amber
Amber (color)

Amber is an orange -yellow color that got its name from the material known as amber. Due to this, amber can refer not to one but to a series of shades of orange , since the natural material varies from nearly yellow when newer to orange or reddish-orange when older....
, plasma display
Plasma display

A plasma display panel is a type of flat panel display common to large television displays . Many tiny cells between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases....
s. The portables came/could come with internal hard disk drives
Hard disk

A hard disk drive , commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk, or fixed disk drive, is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating hard disk platters with magnetic surfaces....
 on .5" shock mount springs; diskette drives, usually 5 1/4" double- or quadruple-density drives; batteries
Battery (electricity)

In electronics, a battery or voltaic cell is a combination of one or more electrochemical cell Galvanic cells which store chemical energy that can be converted into electric potential energy, creating electricity....
; and/or a dual-ISA
Industry Standard Architecture

Industry Standard Architecture was a computer bus standard for IBM compatible computers....
 expansion chassis, about one full-drive-height wide.

Machines of the series

  • Compaq Portable
    Compaq Portable

    The Compaq Portable was the first product in the Compaq portable series to be commercially available under the Compaq brand . It was the first "100%" IBM PC compatible personal computer not manufactured by IBM, and also the first IBM PC compatible portable computer....
     – Compaq's first computer; first 100% IBM PC compatible
    IBM PC compatible

    IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM Personal Computer, IBM Personal Computer XT, and IBM Personal Computer/AT....
  • Compaq Portable Plus – Compaq's version of the PC-XT with built in hard drive
  • Compaq Portable II
    Compaq Portable II

    The Compaq Portable II was the third product in the Compaq portable series to be brought out by Compaq. Released in 1986 at a price of US$3199, the Portable II was much improved upon its predecessors - It included an 8 MHz processor, and was lighter and smaller than the Compaq Portable....
  • Compaq Portable 286
  • Compaq Portable III
  • Compaq Portable 386
  • Compaq Portable 486 and Compaq Portable 486c


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