Talk:Compaq Portable

The first IBM PC compatible portable
It was the first portable PC, not the first PC so I removed that claim Bhny (talk) 19:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I am pretty sure the Compaq Portable wasn't the first IBM PC compatible portable, the Hyperion was released 3 months before that.

This information is available on http://www.old-computers.com

It was most definitely NOT the first portable pc or even the 1st portable IBM compatible portable pc. The Hyperion was released prior to the Compaq Portable and was also IBM compatible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.126.73 (talk) 11:06, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Eric des courtis


 * I'm wondering if the MPC (Multi Personal Computer) from Columbia Data Products was actually the first IBM PC compatible computer ever made (this one was not portable, but it's still a PC compatible that predates the Compaq Portable). Many sources seem to disagree with eachother on this one. Ae-a 11:21, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

What about CPU? It was Intel 8088? 87.236.11.2 13:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I do NOT believe the Compaq Portable was the first IBM compatible PC. And Compaq may have been short for Compatible and Quality K9ine (talk) 01:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Comic Relief, it looks like a microwave O.o —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.212.202.98 (talk) 06:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Keyboard switches?
Does anyone know what types of switches this system's keyboards has? Are they mechanical, or rubber dome? There's such a big interest in vintage keyboards now, it'd be a worthwhile addition to the article, IMHO. – AndyFielding (talk) 09:21, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


 * They are foam and foil switches. Capacitive like a rubber dome, but kind of a squishy linear using a coil spring. Tactily unpleasant. The foam is infamous for disintegrating in this type of keyboard, requiring replacement. Amminadabz (talk) 23:42, 21 May 2022 (UTC)