Comments on: 1983: Byte Magazine reviews the very first Compaq clone PC - 28 pounds and portable! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/1983-byte-magazine-reviews-the-very-first-compaq-clone-pc-28-pounds-and-portable/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ted http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/1983-byte-magazine-reviews-the-very-first-compaq-clone-pc-28-pounds-and-portable/#comment-697936 Ted Sun, 18 May 2008 06:21:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26473#comment-697936 I cut my teeth as a tech working on these things when they first came out. They were great, and their owners loved them. Even after they were obsolete, I would see them tucked away, purring along in industrial environments as data acquisition or industrial control boxes. They were extremely reliable, most of the work I would do on them were upgrades, such as replacing the 10 Mb drive with a big ol' 20 or even 40 Mb drive. Only rarely did I have to do any warranty work such as replace the power supply or maybe a system board. We called them such names as "luggables", "suitcases" or "sewing machines". I cut my teeth as a tech working on these things when they first came out. They were great, and their owners loved them. Even after they were obsolete, I would see them tucked away, purring along in industrial environments as data acquisition or industrial control boxes.

They were extremely reliable, most of the work I would do on them were upgrades, such as replacing the 10 Mb drive with a big ol’ 20 or even 40 Mb drive. Only rarely did I have to do any warranty work such as replace the power supply or maybe a system board.

We called them such names as “luggables”, “suitcases” or “sewing machines”.

]]> By: Kevin Haggerty http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/1983-byte-magazine-reviews-the-very-first-compaq-clone-pc-28-pounds-and-portable/#comment-696643 Kevin Haggerty Sat, 17 May 2008 03:11:36 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26473#comment-696643 We had one of those babies when I was younger. It was pretty sweet! We had one of those babies when I was younger. It was pretty sweet!

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