Fwd: compaq's portable computer

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue May 4 08:11:06 2004

   That sounds right. I was thinking of the Portable/Plus model but called
it a P-II. I had quite few of the P-IIIs with the optional expansion
units. They made nice little controllers for HP-IL, HP-IB and EPROM
programmers.

   Joe



At 02:27 AM 5/4/04 -0400, Bill wrote:
>
>Compaq Case Rough
>Designation Style Specs
>------------ -------- -----
>
>Portable IBM 5155 Style, 8088, 256K, CRT, AC
>
>Portable/Plus " , 8088, 640K with Rev C ROM, CRT EGA, AC
>
>Portable II " , 80286, CRT EGA, AC
>
>Portable III Breadbox , 80286 8/12 MHz, Plasma CGA std (ECG & VCG
>optional).
> Optional rear 2 slot expansion unit, AC
>
>Portable 286 Same as above
>
>Portable 386 Breadbox , 80386 20MHz, Plasma CGA std (ECG & VCG optional).
> Optional rear 2 slot expansion unit, AC
>
>SLT286 Lunchbox , 80286 8/12MHz, Monochrome LCD, NiCd Battery Pack, AC
>w/adapter
>
>SLT386 Lunchbox , 80386 ?MHz, Monochrome LCD, NiCd Battery Pack, AC
>w/adapter
>
>
>
>
>> On Mon, 3 May 2004 Scott Stevens wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure the Compaq Portable III that I sold in February
>> was an 8088 machine. Orange plasma display, small lunchbox
>> configuration, etc. I just went back to the sales-photos for it
>> and indeed it was badged a III. It had the standard 640K of RAM
>> and no expansion slots. Did they possibly make this machine with
>> different processor configurations? Is it possible yours has a
>> 3rd party processor upgrade? I definitely didn't have to run a
>> Setup program to get it going and it had sat idle for a long time
>> before I powered it up, so I'm fairly certain the one I had
>> didn't have a setup battery or CMOS setup storage.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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