Compaq portable questions (not laptop)

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Nov 9 16:21:52 1998

Sam Ismail wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > I have recently obtained a machine that when carried resembles a sewing
> > machine in a carry case, marked Compaq Portable. It has a built in CRT
> > and is evidentally an 8088 or 8086 machine judging by the 8 bit slots.
>
> Compaq's first computer. Historically interesting. Not worth the money
> you already put into it however. They are found in abundant quantities.
> I can find one at least one everytime I go to any flea market or ham fest.
>
> List it with the requisite eBay "RARE" labeling and you should make back
> what you put into it.

I did some back sale checking on ePay and it seems they sell good there as you say
but you are also correct that they seem abundant by some of the little tidbits
I've found by searching the net. This one seems to have been originally owned by
Boeing Aerospace in Seattle, for work on systems that I worked in the military
(nuclear cruise missiles). They had a program that read the air pressure of a
cooling air unit by way of the serial port.

Thanks Sam.
Received on Mon Nov 09 1998 - 16:21:52 GMT