>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?
As has already been pointed out, these are not rare - but I gotta add,
they sure are well built. Mine has only had a shorted tantalum cap on
the mobo and a new hard disk - but otherwise quite robust, lots of
metal and gold, plastic doesn't show much age, etc.
It's one of those worth more to me than I could ever sell it for.
I use it just for the parallel port out to experiements (stepper
motor control, etc)
Kudos to Compaq for making PC's that are built to last.
CHuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com