[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 110, Issue 72

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

i will have to  look  to see which ones  we   have......
 
 
In a message dated 3/21/2013 4:22:46 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
WA5CAB at cs.com writes:

Ed,

As anyone of our age will have at least heard of  the P-1, P-II and P-III, 
I assume you mean the 3-Bay P-II, not just the  P-II.  If not, the P-I is 
the same size as the IBM portable and uses the  same 8086 CPU.  The P-II has 
the same proportions but is about 80% of the  size and uses an 80286 and 
80287.  All of the Portable II's that were  sold (at least so the Compaq 
employee I got it from told me) had two drive  bays.  Into them you could put any 
combination of two of the 5-1/4" or  3.5" floppy drives or up to two hard 
drives.  All half-height.  The  3-bay would hold three in any combination.  
Mine has one of each  type.  Apparently, the 3-bay hardware (metal frame and 
plastic front) was  under development when the smaller P-III came out.  Mine 
was built up  from prototype parts.  Other than three drives, it looks just 
like a  regular P-II.

All of the self contained portable machines of this form  factor eventually 
came to be known as luggables.  I had a total of six of  them, Commodore 
SX-64, Bondwell CPM-2, Bondwell CPM-3, Bondwell MSDOS (a clone  of the IBM 
Portable), and the two Compaqs.  I never liked the P-III,  although I had one 
for a brief time.  Then the laptops appeared.   

In a message dated 03/20/2013 21:28:03 PM Central Daylight Time,  
COURYHOUSE at aol.com writes: 

tell me about the 
Compaq Portable II   I have not heard of  it  ed#

In a message dated 3/20/2013 7:17:32 P.M. US  Mountain Standard Time, 
WA5CAB at cs.com writes:


If anyone is interested in something just slightly newer, I  have an 
original Compaq Portable I with carrying bag and a Compaq Portable  II (the three 
drive bay one that was never marketed).

In a message  dated 03/20/2013 16:00:52 PM Central Daylight Time, 
tim at newtek.com writes:  

I am interested in Altair or other vintage home computers as  well if you 
know of any. I already have a Kim 1,
SWTPC 6800,  Cosmac ELF, and a few others. I'd like to add to my little  
collection.







Robert  Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA  9480


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