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Portable PC III - ENG
Interesting system of compacting a PC.
When it was built, laptops were very expensive and not as powerful as an office PC. Portable solutions were a compromise to have powerful machines that could also be easily transported.
The keyboard is docked in front of the monitor and is not hinged to the machine. The cord is hidden by the feet of the keyboard itself and by a special hatch.
The monitor slides upwards pushed by powerful springs, everted rotates forward.
The machine body has two sturdy and powerful feet that raise the front to turn the screen even higher. Side slots protected by a sliding door. The interior is quite compact and not easy to work with.
The RAM is completely covered by the power supply, which is fixed with numerous screws in different points and directions. Prepared for installing a CDROM.
| Modell | Portable PC III |
| Manifacturer / Brand | COMPAQ |
| Type | Personal Computer Portable |
| Nationality | U.S.A. |
| Year | 1982 |
| CPU | 386 AMD DX 40 |
| CPU speed | 40 Mhz |
| Coprocessor | Missing, possible installation |
| RAM | 4 MB in 4 dimm 1MB each |
| VRAM | 256 KB |
| Floppy Disk | 3 1/2 - 1.440 KB |
| Hard Disk | IDE 80 MB |
| Mother Board | Chipset OPTI version 1.2 495 sx 6 slot ISA, 8 slot RAM AMI BIOS 1987 |
| Bios | AMIBIOS American Megatrends 06-06-1982 |
| Video adapter | Cyrrus Logic CL-GD610/620-C |
| Text Video Mode | 40 o 80 columns per 25 lines |
| Graphic Video Mode | 640 x 200 dots CGA |
| Monitor | LCD Monocromatic |
| Colors | B/N |
| Sound | Internal Beeper. |
| Weight and dimensions | - wide: 41 cm - height: 25 cm - depth: 23 cm - wheight: 9 kg |
| Integrated ports | COM1 25 pin COM2 9 pin LPT1 25 pin |
| Operating System | DOS 6.0 |
| Other SW | |
| Keyboard | English without numeric keyboard |
| Pointing system | Missing |
| Installed expansions | VGA SCSI Controller |
| Manuals | None |
| Power supply | Internal |
| Periferals | None |
| Original gadgets | None |
| Original price | nd |
| Link | |
| Phisical state | Fully functional |
| Provenaance | Direct purchase by the webmaster Fulvio Mhu Calzamiglia, 30 € Radiant of Novegro (MI) 03-2006 |
| Notes |
 PC closed |
 Front view |
 still front view |
 keyboard cable extraction |
 Ulocked keyboard |
 Monitor rised up |
 right side |
 Rear side |
 Left side |
 The bulkhead doors open |
 Machine ready to work |
 Power supply plug and ON/OFF switch |
 Rear label |
 Other label |
 Model on the monitor |
 Model on the keyboard |
 Model in the bottom of the keyboard |
 HD Status LED |
 Brightness adjustment |
 Reset, on the monitor |
 Booting, BIOS |
 Booting informations over MB |
 Booting DOS Version |