Compaq Portables

Introduction

From the early days of the IBM PC, Compaq Computer Corp. rose to become a market leader both in the desktop space and in the portable/laptop/notebook space. They were headquartered in Harris County, TX.

This page summarises their portable PC range chronologically. Links are also provided where dedicated pages exist for that model range. The dates are introduction dates and in many cases they were still being sold 5 or 6 years after these dates. The specifications were base model specs with no upgrades/peripherals added.

Compaq merged with HP in 2002, with the Compaq brand continuing to be used for many years due to its recognition for quality in the industry.

 

Portable, Portable Plus, Portable II, Portable III (Nov 1982 - 1987): Luggable, 8088/8086, 128 KB - 640 KB RAM, 9" mono LCD display, max. 20 MB hard disk.

SLT/286, SLT/386 (1988 - 1990): Laptop, 80286 or 386SX, 640 KB - 2 MB RAM, backlit VGA monochrome display, 6.5kg typical weight, DOS.

LTE, LTE/286, LTE/386s (1989 - 1990): Notebook, 8086/80286/80386SX, 640 KB - 2 MB RAM, 8.8" mono CGA LCD or 9" passive matrix mono VGA LCD, 2.5kg typical weight, DOS.

LTE Lite (1992 - 1993): Notebook, 386SL 20/25 MHz or 486SL 25/33 MHz, 2 - 4 MB RAM, 8.4" active matrix colour or 9.5" passive matrix mono VGA LCD display, DOS or Windows 3.1.

LTE Elite (1993 - 1995): Notebook, 486DX2/DX4 40-75 MHz, 4-8 MB RAM, 8.4"-9.5" VGA display using TFT mono, STN colour or TFT colour, Western Digital WIN graphics card, 170-510 MB easily removable hard disk, DOS 5.0 or Windows 3.1. Designed for docking with "SmartStation" docking bay.

LTE 5xxx (1996 - 1998): Notebook, Pentium 75-150 MHz, 8-32 MB RAM, 510 MB-2.16 GB hard disk, 10.4"-12.1" display using STN or TFT colour, Cirrus Logic GD-754x PCI graphics, integrated ESS sound card, optional CD-ROM drive, Windows 95.

Presario (1998 - 2000): Ultraportable, Pentium II/Celeron 266-300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 4 GB hard disk, 24x CD-ROM drive, ATI LT Pro 2.5-4 MB graphics card, 1.4kg typical weight.