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The Compaq Portable III (Model 2660) is a PC/AT-compatible computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. [1] It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs; however it was still quite large by today's standards. [3] Three models were announced at release.
With a larger external monitor, the graphics hardware is also used in the original Compaq Deskpro desktop computer. Compaq used a “foam and foil” keyboard from Keytronics, with contact mylar pads that were also featured in the Tandy TRS-80, Apple Lisa 1 and 2, Compaq Deskpro 286 AT, some mainframe terminals, SUN Type 4, and some Wang keyboards.
It was Compaq Computer Corporation's first product, to be followed by others in the Compaq Portable series and later Compaq Deskpro series. It was not simply an 8088 - CPU computer that ran a Microsoft DOS as a PC "work-alike", but contained a reverse-engineered BIOS , and a version of MS-DOS that was so similar to IBM 's PC DOS that it ran ...
The LTE Elite was the first notebook-sized laptop to house the AC adapter inside the case itself, eliminating the need to carry an external power brick. The LTE Elite line was replaced by the LTE 5000 series in 1995. [2] Compaq ceased manufacturing the LTE Elite line in March 1996. [3]
Despite the drive's platters measuring 3.5 inches in diameter, as had been typical of desktops since the late 1980s, the drive's casing measured 0.75 inches (19 mm) thick—much thinner than the desktop drives of its day. This allowed Compaq to fit a spinning hard drive within the confines of the notebook-sized computer.
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The Compaq Concerto was a detachable laptop computer made by Compaq, introduced in 1993. [1] Concerto was the first tablet computer manufactured by Compaq on a large scale, and can be considered a very early form of a 2-in-1 PC .