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This PC Card snafu was a major factor in Compaq's decision to cancel their Concerto tablet in August 1994. [22] In late November 1994, Compaq again briefly suspended production of the LTE Elite in their Houston factory after discovering a bug in their BIOS ROM that prevented the units from recognizing RAM upgrades over 16 MB.
After the release of the initial models in 1993, new models started to become available as the Presario brand grew over time. The 500, 700, and 900 series (including the 5500, 7100, 7200, 9200, 9500, and 9600 series) were introduced to compliment and succeed the original lineup, making up the first generation of Presario computers produced from 1993 to 1996, also known as "Series 1".
The Compaq Presario R3000 is a series of laptops designed and built by Hewlett-Packard Corporation under the Compaq Presario brand. An equivalent model to the R3000 was the HP Pavilion nx9100 series.
The only part which had to be duplicated was the BIOS, which Compaq did legally by using clean room design at a cost of $1 million. [27] [28] [29] Unlike other companies, Compaq did not bundle application software with its computers. Vice President of Sales and Service H. L. Sparks said in early 1984: [30]
AlphaStation is the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.As the name suggests, the AlphaStations were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor.
The Compaq Portable has basically the same hardware as an IBM PC, transplanted into a luggable case (specifically designed to fit as carry-on luggage on an airplane), with Compaq's BIOS instead of IBM's. [11] All Portables shipped with 128 KB of RAM and 1-2 double-sided double-density 360 KB disk drives.
The LTE 5000 series was Compaq's first laptop with Pentium processors from Intel. The line of computers were co-developed between Compaq and Inventec of Taiwan and were manufactured entirely by Inventec overseas. The LTE 5000 series was the last generation in the LTE line, Compaq replacing it with the Armada line in 1997.
The Compaq Presario 1200 was a line of notebook computers produced between 1998 and 2000 by Compaq as part of Compaq Presario line. The Presario 1200 line of notebook computers were originally noted for their AMD processors , light weight and 12-inch LCD screens , while later models included a shift to Intel processors and other changed features.