The Compaq Portable was their first machine, before IBM had a portable PC. It was the product that got them started in 1983 or so.
It was 8088-based, so it won't run anything but DOS and very early versions of Windows (assuming it had a hard drive installed). The Osborne-1 was a Z-80 (8 bit) machine that ran CP/M. It had a very tiny 60-column (IIRC) screen between 2 floppy drives, with a fold-down keyboard. I had one briefly. (Swapped for something, then swapped away again.) Shortly after the Compaq came a series of clones from various companies. Some were better than others, but they all seriously stretched the definition of "portable". > -----Original Message----- > From: Fargusson.Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Bye bye Adam > > > I have seen a few of the Compaq Portables. They seem to be > remarkably well built. Every once in a while one turns up at > various schools I visit, and most of them still work. They > won't run Windows 95, or NT though. I am not sure if they > will run Windows 3.x or not. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregg C Levine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bye bye Adam > > > Hello again from Gregg C Levine > How do you think I felt? It wasn't until I read the article, that I > realized exactly what it meant. > > I've actually met one of those contraptions. A piece of, *****, well > never mind. But it did start the portable computer generation. Anybody > remember the Compaq Portable series? > ------------------- > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > > Adam Thornton > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:51 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Bye bye Adam > > > > That subject line was a bit of a shock. > > > > I thought it was going to say something like "Ashcroft vows > perpetual > > Double Secret Imprisonment for Cough Syrup Swillers." > > > > Adam >
