4 May
2004
4 May
'04
1:11 a.m.
That sounds right. I was thinking of the Portable/Plus model but called
it a P-II. I had quite few of the P-IIIs with the optional expansion
units. They made nice little controllers for HP-IL, HP-IB and EPROM
programmers.
Joe
At 02:27 AM 5/4/04 -0400, Bill wrote:
Compaq Case Rough
Designation Style Specs
------------ -------- -----
Portable IBM 5155 Style, 8088, 256K, CRT, AC
Portable/Plus " , 8088, 640K with Rev C ROM, CRT EGA, AC
Portable II " , 80286, CRT EGA, AC
Portable III Breadbox , 80286 8/12 MHz, Plasma CGA std (ECG & VCG
optional).
Optional rear 2 slot expansion unit, AC
Portable 286 Same as above
Portable 386 Breadbox , 80386 20MHz, Plasma CGA std (ECG & VCG optional).
Optional rear 2 slot expansion unit, AC
SLT286 Lunchbox , 80286 8/12MHz, Monochrome LCD, NiCd Battery Pack, AC
w/adapter
SLT386 Lunchbox , 80386 ?MHz, Monochrome LCD, NiCd Battery Pack, AC
w/adapter
On Mon, 3 May 2004 Scott Stevens wrote:
I'm pretty sure the Compaq Portable III that I sold in February
was an 8088 machine. Orange plasma display, small lunchbox
configuration, etc. I just went back to the sales-photos for it
and indeed it was badged a III. It had the standard 640K of RAM
and no expansion slots. Did they possibly make this machine with
different processor configurations? Is it possible yours has a
3rd party processor upgrade? I definitely didn't have to run a
Setup program to get it going and it had sat idle for a long time
before I powered it up, so I'm fairly certain the one I had
didn't have a setup battery or CMOS setup storage.