The "Seinfeld" episode "The Jimmy" has a brief glimpse of a Compaq Deskpro XE. There are Compaq Prolineas in "Good Will Hunting", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Up Close & Personal", which also features a Compaq Contura 4/25cx and an SGI Indy.
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In the 1980s I did know Compaq was a major computer manufacturer but didn't realize the extent to which it influenced the PC industry. This article tells the story of the company and its CEO Rod Canion.
Retro PC: Quirky Compaq Presario 2200 from 1997!
Heutiges Abendprogramm: die Gründungsgeschichte von Compaq. Ich habe diese Dokumentation bislang tatsächlich nicht gesehen. #vintagecomputing #techhistory #technikgeschichte #compaq
A few people have pointed out over the years that I missed some machine in "The Net". I've fixed the existing entry for the Apple Powerbook Duo and added the missing Apple Powerbook 540c, Power Macintosh 7100 and Compaq Prolinea.
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Как пузырь доткомов добил Compaq
Никто так не доминировал на ранней компьютерной сцене так, как Compaq. Компания даже создала первые в истории IBM PC-совместимые компьютеры и стала второй организацией, которая когда-либо законно провела обратную разработку BIOS. С таким наследием за плечами можно было бы подумать, что Compaq будет процветать. Но в век смартфонов, ноутбуков и мощных компьютеров она осталась в пыли технологической революции. Так что же случилось с Compaq и что привело к её краху?
So, #Cross cartridges are easily available where I live. A converter should be possible, too.
The pen I'm interested in, must be pre-2002, because it's a promotional #fountainpen for #Compaq with the old logo before #HP took over (I like it, when several hobbies of mine cross paths).
Und noch ein #COMPAQ DeskPro 5100. Wer die Modellnummern von Compaq kennt, weiß, dass das ein Pentium 1 mit 100 MHz ist. Interessant ist nur das CD-ROM-Laufwerk: 5x - ja, fünf-fach. Wer hat sich denn sowas ausgedacht? 😂
Continuing the laptop theme, here are some first-time appearances of laptops. "Jungle 2 Jungle" sees the first Compaq LTE Elite in the database, along with a Compaq Prolinea 3/4. "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" offers two new comers: the Dell Latitude E5520 and HP Stream (as well as the classic Casio PB-100). Finally the Acer Extensa 5620 makes its first appearance in "Bad Ass".
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A smaller #UbuntuTouch device of course will do as well 😊
I really like #isodrive on my #UbuntuTouch #tablet 🥰
Day 19 is how commercials work offering a PC this Holiday Season.
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#christmas #adventcalender #youtube #pc #2000s #hp #compaq
@DL1JPH exactly that…
It's the reason banks still roll their systems on them and why I know the story if a #COBOL developer who literally fixed their mothers' code that was older than they are...
@anantagd@ieji.de @anantagd@fgc.network @JackRacc @bhawthorne
Repórter Retro 109
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/11/28/reporter-retro-109/
#ReprterRetro #68030 #Aceleradora #Activision #AndrFachat #Asianometry #AtariSt #Calculadora #Compaq #EGA #GuerraDosClones #HP41C #IBM #IsaacAsimov #Jogos #JordanMechner #Karateka #MacSE30 #MSXRio #PET #PrinceOfPersia #rdio #recuperao #RMC #RonMcAdams #ThisDoesNotCompute #Transistor #TRS80ModelII #W3C #Web
A colleague showed me this at work today 👀😃
Compaq pavimento el camino para la cascada de clones de PC a mediados de los 80s, permitiendo que IBM perdiera el control de la plataforma y que Microsoft e Intel se volvieran compañías dominantes de esta era.
retrocomputingmx #Compaq #portablepc
El 4 de noviembre de 1982 Compaq anuncia a la venta la Compaq Portable PC, una de las primeras de su tipo y el primer PC Clone compatible con IBM comercialmente exitoso.
Su éxito fue crear clones del BIOS de las IBM con ingeniería reversa y preparándose financiera y legalmente a la inevitable demanda por parte de IBM que la Corte terminó por desechar.
