Compaq Portable

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The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IBM PC compatible
portable computer
announcedInMonth November 1982
brand Compaq
busArchitecture IBM PC XT compatible expansion slots
category 1980s personal computers
x86-based personal computers
color beige
companyFoundedBy Bill Murto
Jim Harris
Rod Canion
compatibilityGoal full IBM PC BIOS compatibility
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cpu Intel 8088
cpuClockSpeed 4.77 MHz
defaultFloppyConfiguration dual 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy drives
designedIn Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas
displayResolution text mode 80x25 characters
displayType 9-inch monochrome CRT
formFactor suitcase-style luggable
graphicsStandard MDA compatible
hasBuiltInKeyboard true
hasInternalBattery false
hasPointingDevice false
influenced subsequent portable IBM PC compatibles
inputDevice keyboard
introducedInYear 1983
keyboardConnection proprietary connector
keyboardType detachable full-size keyboard
manufacturer Compaq
marketedAs luggable computer
marketPosition business portable computer
maxRam 640 KB
notableFor being one of the first successful IBM PC compatible portables
helping establish Compaq as a major PC vendor
operatingSystem MS-DOS
MS-DOS
surface form: PC DOS
optionalStorage 10 MB hard disk
powerSource AC mains only
predecessor none (first Compaq computer)
ram 128 KB base RAM
storage 5.25-inch floppy disk drives
successor Compaq Portable self-linksurface differs
surface form: Compaq Portable II
systemBus ISA
targetMarket business travelers
corporate users
weight approximately 28 pounds
wordSize 16-bit

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Compaq notableProduct Compaq Portable
IBM PC compatible popularizedBy Compaq Portable
Compaq Portable successor Compaq Portable self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Compaq Portable II
Kaypro computers competitiveWith Compaq Portable
Rod Canion associatedWith Compaq Portable
this entity surface form: Compaq Portable line of computers