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