--- layout: page title: COMPAQ Machines permalink: /devices/pcx86/machine/compaq/ redirect_from: - /devices/pc/machine/compaq/ --- COMPAQ Machines --- PCjs currently supports the following COMPAQ machines: - [COMPAQ DeskPro 386](deskpro386/) And here is a roughly chronological list of COMPAQ machines from the 1980's which PCjs may eventually support: - [COMPAQ Portable](#compaq-portable) - [COMPAQ [Portable] Plus](#compaq-portable-plus-aka-compaq-plus) - [COMPAQ DeskPro](#compaq-deskpro) - [COMPAQ DeskPro 286](#compaq-deskpro-286) - [COMPAQ Portable 286](#compaq-portable-286) - [COMPAQ Portable II](#compaq-portable-ii) - **[COMPAQ DeskPro 386](#compaq-deskpro-386)** - [COMPAQ Portable III](#compaq-portable-iii) - COMPAQ DeskPro 386/20 - [COMPAQ Portable 386](#compaq-portable-386) - COMPAQ DeskPro 386/25 - COMPAQ DeskPro 386s - [COMPAQ DeskPro 386/20e](#compaq-38620e) - [COMPAQ SLT Series](#compaq-slt-series) (SLT/286) - COMPAQ DeskPro 386/33 - [COMPAQ LTE Series](#compaq-lte-series) (LTE and LTE/286) ### Regarding The COMPAQ Name 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/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.` Their all-caps practice also extended to product names (eg, `COMPAQ DESKPRO`), at least in their marketing literature. Contemporary news stories, however, tended to lower-case the product name (eg, `COMPAQ Deskpro`). I've decided to split the difference and use mixed-case where it seems appropriate (eg, `COMPAQ DeskPro`). The rest of this page will be used to collect information about the machines listed above. --- COMPAQ Portable --- The PCjs Project now has a [ROM Dump](/devices/pcx86/rom/compaq/portable/) (REV C). Reviewed in Byte Magazine, Jan 1983. Reprinted [here](http://blog.modernmechanix.com/byte-reviews-the-compaq-first-pc-clone/). Also see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable). COMPAQ Portable Plus (aka COMPAQ Plus) --- Reviewed in Byte Magazine, Jul 1984, pp. 247-251: "The Compaq Plus". COMPAQ DeskPro --- Introduced June 28, 1984. Reviewed in Byte Magazine, May 1985, pp. 260-267. For use with MS-DOS 2.11. **Model** | **Price** | **CPU** | **Options** :-------- | :-------- | :---------------- | :------------------------------------------ Model 1 | $2495 | 4.77-7.14Mhz 8086 | 128Kb RAM, 1 FDD Model 2 | $2995 | 4.77-7.14Mhz 8086 | 256Kb RAM, 2 FDD Model 3 | $4995 | 4.77-7.14Mhz 8086 | 256Kb RAM, 1 FDD, 10Mb HDD Model 4 | $7195 | 4.77-7.14Mhz 8086 | 640Kb RAM, 1 FDD, 10Mb HDD, 10Mb Tape Drive | | | COMPAQ DeskPro 286 --- Released in 1985 at the same time as the [COMPAQ Portable 286](#compaq-portable-286). Reviewed in [InfoWorld](https://books.google.com/books?id=2i4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA15&dq=infoworld%20compaq%20deskpro%201985&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false), May 20, 1985: "Compaq Edges Past AT Speed and Memory: New Products Use Intel 80286 Processor For 30 Percent Speed Boost". Updated to 12Mhz in 1987. From [InfoWorld](https://books.google.com/books?id=yzAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA56&ots=jBzxR3wcps&dq=%22compaq%20deskpro%20286%22&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false), June 1987: "Compaq Brings 12-Mhz Machine to 286 Market" COMPAQ Portable 286 --- Introduced in 1985. **Model** | **Price** | **CPU** | **Options** :-------- | :-------- | :---------------- | :---------------------------------------------------- | | 8Mhz 80286 | Up to 2.6Mb RAM, 1.2Mb FDD, 20Mb HDD, 10Mb Tape Drive | | | See this [COMPAQ Advertisement](http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mobile-computing/18/343/1658). On July 8, 1985, the [Los Angeles Times](http://articles.latimes.com/1985-07-08/business/fi-9857_1_hard-disk-drive) reported: >It's not cheap and it's not for everyone. Equipped as described, the portable lists for $10,378 and contains about $3,000 worth of extra RAM memory that cannot be utilized by any application software programs now on the market. (It can be used to simulate a disk drive to speed up programs, however.) >A standard Compaq Deskpro 286 with 512 kilobytes of RAM memory, a 30-megabyte hard disk and a monitor is priced at $6,254, compared to IBM's similarly equipped enhanced PC AT that offers only a 20-megabyte hard disk. The Portable 286 with 512K of memory and 20-megabyte hard disk lists for $6,299. COMPAQ Portable II --- The COMPAQ Portable II ("slimmed-down version of the Portable 286", as described in Byte Magazine, Oct 1986) was released on February 20, 1986. For use with MS-DOS 3.10. **Model** | **Price** | **CPU** | **Options** :-------- | :-------- | :---------------- | :------------------------------------------ Model 1 | $3499 | 6-8Mhz 80286 | 256Kb RAM, 1 FDD Model 2 | $3599 | 6-8Mhz 80286 | 256Kb RAM, 2 FDD Model 3 | $4799 | 6-8Mhz 80286 | 640Kb RAM, 1 FDD, 10Mb HDD Model 4 | $4999 | 6-8Mhz 80286 | 640Kb RAM, 1 FDD, 20Mb HDD | | | Also see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable_II). COMPAQ DeskPro 386 --- Released in late 1986. PCjs has detailed information about the [DeskPro 386 ROMs](/devices/pcx86/rom/compaq/deskpro386/) and system boards, along with a number of [DeskPro 386 Machines](/devices/pcx86/machine/compaq/deskpro386/). I also have the hard-to-find **COMPAQ Technical Reference Guide** for the DeskPro 386/25 (Vol. 1), which I'll post at a later date. COMPAQ Portable III --- The PCjs Project now has a [ROM Dump](/devices/pcx86/rom/compaq/portable3/) (REV K, 1987-01-29). Reportedly intended to be an 80386-based machine, the Portable III was first released in 1987 as a 12Mhz 80286-based system. **Model** | **Price** | **CPU** | **Options** :-------- | :-------- | :---------------- | :---------------------------- | $5000+ | 12Mhz 80286 | 640Kb RAM, 1 FDD, 20-40Mb HDD | | | COMPAQ Portable 386 --- [TBD] COMPAQ 386/20e --- Released in late 1988. For use with MS-DOS 3.31. COMPAQ SLT Series --- From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_laptops#Compaq_SLT.2F286): "The COMPAQ SLT/286 debuted in October 1988, being the first battery-powered laptop to support an internal hard disk drive and a VGA compatible LCD screen. It weighed 14 lbs." COMPAQ LTE Series --- First model in 1989. Also see [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_LTE). ### COMPAQ LTE 286 Various models, such as the [Model 40](http://www.overclockers.com/compaq-lte-286-model-40/). ### COMPAQ LTE 386 [TBD]