[Autuin] found a Compaq Portable III destined for the scrap bin at Free Geek Vancouver. Upon seeing it he realized that it still had some fight left in it — perfect to go up against the tyranny of ...

Choosing an MS-DOS based portable computer these days is no easy task, because there are so many machines, mostly lap tops, to choose from. One machine that is visibly different than the rest, because ...

The Compaq Portable III hails from the 386 era — in the days before the laptop form factor was what we know today. It’s got a bit of an odd design, but a compelling one, and the keyboard is pretty ...

Meet the famous PC clones that kept IBM on its toes In early 1982, three veterans of Texas-Instruments joined forces to start Compaq, a firm that within a year would produce a groundbreaking IBM PC ...

(Let's hope I'm posting this in the appropriate forum)<P>I just purchased an old Compaq Portable III "Lunchbox" computer on Ebay. Here is the link to the actual item with pictures.<P>I have fond ...

Journalists tend to forget that not everyone is doing their portable computing from a phone booth. Most business travelers, for instance, are working in hotel rooms and client offices. For them, ...

If you’d been at the Mark Hellinger Theater in New York on Feb. 18, 1987, you’d have heard the head of Compaq introduce the company’s latest personal computer. The Compaq Portable III started at ...