Compaq portable questions (not laptop)

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue Nov 10 16:27:23 1998

This is the world's first clone of the 5150. It is also the world's
first Compaq. You have judged all of the specs correctly. It should be
selling for $100,000 on eBay, because it is at least as important as the
Altair. After all, this launched the IBM PC-Compatible revolution. I
would say this is definitely a must in any computer museum. However,
these aren't generally considered valuable. Go figure.
>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.
>
>Anyone have any info on it, and is there any collectability to these?


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