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* Rod Canion, ''Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing'', Benbella Books, Dallas | * Rod Canion, ''Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing'', Benbella Books, Dallas | ||
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| + | * [https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-paul-g-allen-collection/paul-allens-personal-computer-146/230083 Paul Allen's personal computer] - a COMPAQ PORTABLE 286 from [[Paul Allen]]'s collection at the [[Living Computer Museum|LCM]], includes several images | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 29 April 2025
Compaq was a producer of personal computers, founded in 1982. Most notably, they were the first to successfully produce an IBM-compatible PC, making PC compatibility (and the resultant ability to run software produced for the IBM PC - unusual in an era when most software had to be customized to each vendor's machines) a major theme of their marketing. The resultant widespread adoption heralded the development of the computerized society.
Compaq's machines led IBM's for quite a while; they were, for instance, the first to produce a machine built around the Intel 80386.
Compaq bought DEC in 1998, but its attempt to become a full-service computer company by doing so failed; it, in turn, was merged with Hewlett-Packard in 2002.
See also
- Tandem Computers - a manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems acquired by Compaq
Further reading
- Rod Canion, Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing, Benbella Books, Dallas
External links
- Compaq - documentation at Bitsavers
- Paul Allen's personal computer - a COMPAQ PORTABLE 286 from Paul Allen's collection at the LCM, includes several images
