Compaq portable questions (not laptop)

From: cswiger <cswiger_at_wilma.widomaker.com>
Date: Wed Nov 11 13:43:58 1998

> >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?

As has already been pointed out, these are not rare - but I gotta add,
they sure are well built. Mine has only had a shorted tantalum cap on
the mobo and a new hard disk - but otherwise quite robust, lots of
metal and gold, plastic doesn't show much age, etc.
It's one of those worth more to me than I could ever sell it for.
I use it just for the parallel port out to experiements (stepper
motor control, etc)

Kudos to Compaq for making PC's that are built to last.

        CHuck
        cswiger_at_widomaker.com
Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 13:43:58 GMT