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Unfortunately, being a 286, the computer couldn’t do much. He could take the usual route; which is to remove all the internals, and use the vast amount of space to fit a more modern computer inside.

(The AT`s official clock speed is 6 MHz, while the standard IBM PC runs at 4.77 MHz.) The Compaq 286, therefore, can run one-third faster than the AT and almost twice as fast as a standard PC.

The company`s PCs Limited 286-12, so named because it runs the 80286 microprocessor at a blistering 12 megahertz, costs about half as much as an IBM PC AT and is more than twice as fast.

The Premium Exec 286/12, which will have a base list price of $2,495 when it reaches stores in late December or January, is a 6.5-pound, IBM-compatible system built around a 12-megahertz 286-class ...

Only a year after the Portable III, Compaq shipped its first laptop computer, the SLT/286, which was possibly the first laptop in the world to ship with a VGA resolution LCD screen (monochrome ...

Only a year after the Portable III, Compaq shipped its first laptop computer, the SLT/286, which was possibly the first laptop in the world to ship with a VGA resolution LCD screen (monochrome ...

Only a year after the Portable III, Compaq shipped its first laptop computer, the SLT/286, which was possibly the first laptop in the world to ship with a VGA resolution LCD screen (monochrome ...