Compaq portable series
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Image:CompaqLogoOnCompaqPortable.jpg Compaq's first computers were portable 'lunchbox' or 'luggable' computers, and as such belong to the Compaq Portable series. These computers measured approximately 1×1 foot on the side, and were approx. 2½ ft wide.
Some of the portables (the Portable and Portable II) had CRT monitors, while others (the Portable III and the Portable 386) had flat, single-color, usually amber, plasma displays. The portables came/could come with internal hard disk drives on .5" shock mount springs; diskette drives, usually 5 1/4" double- or quadruple-density drives; batteries; and/or a dual-ISA expansion chassis, about one full-drive-height wide.
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Machines of the series
- Compaq Portable – Compaq's first computer; first 100% IBM PC compatible
- Compaq Portable Plus – Compaq's version of the PC-XT with built in hard drive
- Compaq Portable II
- Compaq Portable 286
- Compaq Portable III
- Compaq Portable 386
- Compaq Portable 486 and Compaq Portable 486c
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