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Starting work on disambiguating PCjs the emulator from PCjs the project/website; the emulator will become PCx86

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@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ all we have are the memories.
### Speaking of Memories
In particular, Read-Only Memories: we have precious few of those, too. I finally obtained
a [ROM Dump](/devices/pc/rom/compaq/portable/) from COMPAQ's first machine, the COMPAQ Portable, but I had to buy
a [ROM Dump](/devices/pcx86/rom/compaq/portable/) from COMPAQ's first machine, the COMPAQ Portable, but I had to buy
a system board on ebay to get it. Considering all the effort (and money) that COMPAQ invested in writing that code,
it's a bit depressing that these things haven't been properly preserved and memorialized.
Looking ahead to the day when PCjs will be able to simulate the original COMPAQ Portable, I thought it would be a good
idea to create my own roughly chronological list of [COMPAQ Machines](/devices/pc/machine/compaq/) from the 1980s,
idea to create my own roughly chronological list of [COMPAQ Machines](/devices/pcx86/machine/compaq/) from the 1980s,
since they are all machines I would like to see PCjs eventually support:
- COMPAQ Portable
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ since they are all machines I would like to see PCjs eventually support:
- COMPAQ DeskPro 286
- COMPAQ Portable 286
- COMPAQ Portable II
- [COMPAQ DeskPro 386](/devices/pc/machine/compaq/deskpro386/)
- [COMPAQ DeskPro 386](/devices/pcx86/machine/compaq/deskpro386/)
- COMPAQ Portable III
- COMPAQ DeskPro 386/20
- COMPAQ Portable 386
@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ and LTE Lite series. But I think I need to stick to my original plan and draw a
As best I can tell, COMPAQ preferred to print its company name in all-caps, so that's my practice as well.
However, it seems that sometime between the release of [COMPAQ MS-DOS 3.10](/disks/pc/dos/compaq/3.10/) and
[COMPAQ MS-DOS 3.31](/disks/pc/dos/compaq/3.31/), there may have been a shift in policy. Both products still
However, it seems that sometime between the release of [COMPAQ MS-DOS 3.10](/disks/pcx86/dos/compaq/3.10/) and
[COMPAQ MS-DOS 3.31](/disks/pcx86/dos/compaq/3.31/), there may have been a shift in policy. Both products still
called themselves `The COMPAQ Personal Computer MS-DOS`, but in 3.31, the copyright string changed to
`Compaq Computer Corp.`