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Compaq Portable II Computer, 1986
Compaq Computer Corporation1986
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This Compaq Portable II computer is a "luggable" system, complete with a sturdy carrying handle. 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.
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- Title: Compaq Portable II Computer, 1986
- Creator: Compaq Computer Corporation
- Date Created: 1986
- Location: United States, Texas, Houston
- Subject Keywords: Communication, Microcomputers, Computers, Keyboards (Machine components)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Microcomputer
- Object ID: 2008.125.1
- Manufacturer: Compaq Computer Corporation
- Image ID: THF155779
- Field: Computing
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of James D. Mooradian.
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