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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.
CEMM, for Compaq Expanded Memory Manager was the first so-called PC "memory manager" for Intel 80386 CPUs, able to provide expanded memory (EMS) emulation by using the virtual memory features and the virtual 8086 mode of the CPU. It was present in Compaq DOS 3.10, shipping with the Compaq Deskpro 386 in September 1986. [1] [2]
The Compaq Portable 386 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. [1] It was equipped with a 20 MHz Intel 80386 CPU, 1 MB RAM, 16 KB ROM, 1.2 MB 5¼-inch floppy, 40 or 100 MB hard disk drive, priced at US$ 7,999 or 9,999 respectively, [1] [2] and a 10" amber gas-plasma display.
In computing, BIOS (/ ˈ b aɪ ɒ s,-oʊ s /, BY-oss, -ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup). [1]
Compaq was aware that by introducing its computer first, a future IBM product might be incompatible with and obsolete the Deskpro 386. The company predicted that IBM would not greatly change the PC architecture as doing so would also orphan millions of real IBM PCs. PC wrote "Compaq's conclusion: IBM's DOS standard is now bigger than IBM". [5]
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]
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
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.