Compaq Plus
The Compaq Portable is an early portable computer which was one of the first IBM PC compatible systems. It was Compaq Computer Corporation’s first product and released upgraded version the Compaq Plus in 1983; The Compaq Portable Plus simply had a hard drive to replace one floppy disk drive, and logos and badges with gold backgrounds instead of silver.
The Compaq Portable was announced in November 1982 and first shipped in March 1983, priced at US$2,995 (equivalent to ~$15,000 CAD in 2025) with a single half-height 5+1⁄4″ 360 KB diskette drive or US$3,590 for dual, full-height diskette drives. The 28 lb (13 kg)[12] Compaq Portable folded up into a luggable case the size of a portable sewing machine.
