Original IBM portable/lug'ble PC, suit case size - IBM's response to Compaq's original portable success

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Jan 8 14:31:00 2003

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, John Allain wrote:
> > Original IBM portable/lug'ble PC, suit case size - IBM's response to
> > Compaq's original portable success
> As I was deciding throw/keep I discovered that its monitor had
> a useful 4 wire interface... 12V, NTSC video in, picture out, not
> bad. With a little more effort it was working. Now I wouldn't sell
> it for less than $40. FYI

Although the composite video is nice, I prefer the EGA in the Compaq
(requires replacing the CGA board with COMPAQ's EGA), and the Compaq case
doesn't have drives blocking access to most of the expansion slots.
Received on Wed Jan 08 2003 - 14:31:00 GMT