Compaq Portable

Game Information

manufacturer	Compaq
year	1983
clone of	ibm5150
other clones	alphatp10 alphatp50 asst128 ataripc1 ataripc3 auvip800 bw230 cadd810 comdesk compc1 compc10 comport coppc21 coppc400 dgone dtkerso eagle1600 eaglepc2 eaglespirit earthst ec1840 ec1841 ec1842 ec1845 ec1847 eppc fraking hstrtpls hyo88t hyu16t hyu16te ibm5140 ibm5155 ibm5160 ibmpcjr ibmpcjx iskr1030m iskr1031 iskr3104 ittxtra juko16 juko8 kaypro16 kaypropc kyoxt laser_turbo_xt laser_xt3 ledgmodd ledgmodm m21 m24 m240 mbc16 mbc16lt mc1702 micro88 mk88 mononuxt mononuxt2 mpc1600 mpu9088vf mpx16 ncrpc4i ncrpc6 nixpc01 nms9100 olivm15 olivpc1 olystar20f olytext30 pc pc10iii pc20 pc200 pc2086 pc3086 pc5086 pc7000 pcega pcherc pcmda pcv20 pcvga poisk1 poisk2 ppc512 ppc640 sergeysxt sicpc1605 spc400d ssam88s sx16 t1000hx t1000rl t1000sl2 t1000sx t1000tl t1000tl2 t1000tx ta1700pc to16 tosh1000 vpcii xiprocessor zdsupers zdz150 zdz160 zdz180
genre	N/A
downloads	0

Screenshots

Download Details

split set	comport.zip 16.62k
parent set	ibm5150.zip 79.93k ↗
bios/device	ega.zip 18.54k
bios/device	kb_pcxt83.zip 726.00b
standalone set	comport.7z 28.88k

Game Details

Computer published 42 years ago:

Compaq Portable (c) 1983 Compaq.

An early portable computer which was one of the first 100% IBM PC compatible systems.

- TRIVIA -

The Compaq Portable was announced in November 1982 and first shipped in March 1983 priced at US $2,995 with a single half-height 5¼in. 360 kB diskette drive or $3,590 for dual, full-height diskette drives.

Compaq sold 53,000 units in the first year with a total of $111 million in revenue, an American Business record. In the second year revenue hit $329 million setting an industry record. Third year revenue was at $503.9 million, another US business record.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Driver Details

source	pc/pc.cpp
status	preliminary
emulation	preliminary
savestate	unsupported

Screen Details

display	isa1:ega:ega_screen
type	raster
orientation	horizontal
width	640px
height	200px
refresh	68.04mhz

Input Details

player	N/A
type	mouse
buttons	3
directions	N/A

player	N/A
type	keyboard
buttons	83
directions	N/A

Chipset Details

name	Intel 8088
clock	4.55mhz

name	AM9517A
clock	4.55mhz

name	Intel 8048
clock	4.87mhz

name	Speaker
clock	N/A

name	Filtered DAC
clock	N/A

name	Speaker
clock	N/A

name	Floppy sound
clock	43.07khz

name	Speaker
clock	N/A

name	Floppy sound
clock	43.07khz

ROM Details

name	size	crc
award_atari_pc_bios_3.06.bin	8.00k	e9a055b2
compaq_portable_rev_c.bin	8.00k	1d1f7c38
compaq_portable_video_cpqvid.bin	8.00k	3ae64565