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Someone resurrected a busted Compaq from the 80s as a cool retro powerhouse
As such, r0r0 now has a powerful mini-RTX PC that he can pick up and carry around. Perhaps the original engineers will be glad to see that, years from its original release, the Compaq Portable III ...
Hackaday13y
Compaq Portable III Rises Again For A Noble Cause
[Autuin] found a Compaq Portable III destined for the scrap bin ... Unfortunately, being a 286, the computer couldn’t do much. He could take the usual route; which is to remove all the internals ...
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Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?
It's said that Canion sketched out the first Compaq PC on a placemat at the pie shop ... which was announced in November 1982 as the Compaq Portable and released in March 1983 for $2,995.
TechSpot1y
What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
Although it was anything but small by today's standards, the Gavilan SC was more compact than rival IBM PC-compatible portable computers such as the 28 pounder (13 kg) Compaq Portable. Gavilan ...