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Article #69107Re: Help to identify old Compaq 'luggable' PC
From: Luke Jackson
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:00
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>In article <828520607.20678@srkemp.demon.co.uk>, Steven Kemp ><steven@srkemp.demon.co.uk> writes >>I have a colleague at work who has inherited a fairly ancient Compaq >>portable PC. According to the date stamp inside the case it was made >>in 1989! She has been trying to obtain a memory upgrade but the 3 she >>has tried so far have been for the wrong models. She has also >>unfortunately lost the manuals. [snip] >>Here is a brief description of the machine. >> >>Dimensions 15 inches long by 7 inches wide by 9 inches high. >>Keyboard forms one side cover but can be removed for use. Amber mono >>screen slides up approx 3 inches for use. >>The only markings are on the underside of the keyboard (which forms >>the side panel when closed) where it says Compaq with Portable 386 >>under that. Also on bottom right of screen it says 386/20. >>The machine is the normal light grey in colour. I have one of these which is a 286/8. It is a "Compaq Portable III". As for yours, it is probably a direct descendant of mine, maybe a Portable IV? Hope this is of some use. -- Luke Jackson
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,2dbdd22c04064774 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public From: luke@lodcomp.demon.co.uk (Luke Jackson) Subject: Re: Help to identify old Compaq 'luggable' PC Date: 1996/04/13 Message-ID: <829334770.18402@lodcomp.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 147169034 x-nntp-posting-host: lodcomp.demon.co.uk references: <828520607.20678@srkemp.demon.co.uk> <MSC$YZAXchbxEw0F@msouthg.demon.co.uk> organization: LOD Computers reply-to: luke@lodcomp.demon.co.uk newsgroups: demon.tech.pc