10 Nov
1998
10 Nov
'98
8:27 a.m.
This is the world's first clone of the 5150. It is also the world's
first Compaq. You have judged all of the specs correctly. It should be
selling for $100,000 on eBay, because it is at least as important as the
Altair. After all, this launched the IBM PC-Compatible revolution. I
would say this is definitely a must in any computer museum. However,
these aren't generally considered valuable. Go figure.
I have recently obtained a machine that when carried
resembles a sewing
machine in a carry case, marked Compaq Portable. It has a built in CRT
and is evidentally an 8088 or 8086 machine judging by the 8 bit slots.
Anyone have any info on it, and is there any collectability to these?
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