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.
Yup, mine was free for the taking at the last Trenton Computer
Festival, in a slightly gutted condition. No problem there, as its
destiny is to eventually house new guts taken from a TRS-80 Color
Computer 3 and add-ons for a luggable OS-9 Level II system. (My
imagination has too much time on its hands, restrained by the fact
that my body doesn't, since I have every component required except
for a color tube of the right size and that's optional anyway).
(Sure, I could put in a new Pentium mobo and have a luggable Linux
system, but what's the hack value in that? especially since I
already have a Linux notebook).
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Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 16:44:58 GMT