Compaq Portable II First Impressions

Compaq Portable Ii. Compaq Portable II Restoration — There are actually four different models of the Portable II: Model 1 - $3499 - 256K RAM, 1 floppy drive Weighing 26 pounds and with a price close to $5000, the concept of mobile, affordable computing was quite different than it is today.

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The Compaq Portable II is the fourth product in the Compaq Portable series to be brought out by Compaq Computer Corporation.Released in 1986 at a price of US$3499, the Portable II much improved upon its predecessor, the Compaq 286, which had been Compaq's version of the PC AT in the original Compaq Portable chassis; [5] Portable 286 came equipped with 6/8-MHz Intel 286 and a high-speed 20 MB. The Compaq Portable II is a smaller and lighter upgrade of their popular Portable I, with a faster CPU, and an integrated hard drive data storage system

Compaq Portable II Old Crap Vintage Computing

The Portable II's keyboard uses standard PS/2 signalling, even though it's hard-wired into the system unit It is one of the first IBM-compatible portable computers, and improves upon earlier Compaq models by adding two internal floppy disk drives Weighing 26 pounds and with a price close to $5000, the concept of mobile, affordable computing was quite different than it is today.

Compaq Portable II Old Crap Vintage Computing. AkBKukU's ATX to PCJr board is what made me look at the PicoPSU in the first place, and its power brick fits in the Compaq Portable II's power supply enclosure with only minor adjustment The Compaq Portable II is the fourth product in the Compaq Portable series to be brought out by Compaq Computer Corporation.Released in 1986 at a price of US$3499, the Portable II much improved upon its predecessor, the Compaq 286, which had been Compaq's version of the PC AT in the original Compaq Portable chassis; [5] Portable 286 came equipped with 6/8-MHz Intel 286 and a high-speed 20 MB.

COMPAQ PORTABLE II 2650 Vintage Computer Vintage Computers & Mainframes. The Compaq Portable II was the fourth computer produced by Compaq and was released in 1986 But yeh, as I already said, I didn't think the PicoPSU itself was appropriate for the Compaq Portable II.