Compaq Portable III

By admin , 15 December 2015
Compaq Portable III
Description

The Compaq Portable III is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987.It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs, however it was still quite large by today's standards. Its street price upon its release was 4999 USD for a model equipped with an 12 MHz Intel 80286 CPU, 640 kB RAM, 1.2 MB 5.25" floppy, 20 MB hard disk (type 2), and a 10" amber colored gas-plasma display or 5799 USD with the upgraded 40 MB hard disk.

Year First Manufactured
1987

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