Manufacturer | Compaq Computer Corporation, United States |
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Product family | Compaq Portable series |
Type | Portable computer |
Release date | 1991 |
Discontinued | 1999 |
CPU | Intel 80486DX @ 33 MHz |
Memory | 4–32 MB RAM (72-pin SIMM) |
Display | Active TFT monochrome [1] |
Graphics | 640 X 480 resolution 8-bit [2] VGA, [1] 80 X 25 text [2] |
Sound | PIT using a mini speaker |
Connectivity | SCSI [3] 2x EISA expansion bus [3] |
Dimensions | 39.6 (width) × 13.9 (depth) × 27.9 (height) cm [4] |
Mass | 7.9 kg (17 lb) [4] |
Predecessor | Compaq Portable 386 |
The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1991. [2] It was the last portable computer/"luggable" released under the Compaq Portable series of computers. [5]
The computer was released in several models with different hard disk configurations and in two screen types, a cheaper monochrome version and a more expensive active matrix color version, known as the Compaq Portable 486c. [5] [6] The street price with a 120 MB hard disk was US$5,899 (equivalent to $13,200 in 2023) for the monochrome version and US$9,999 (equivalent to $22,400 in 2023) for the active matrix color version. [5] [6] For a model with a 210 MB hard disk, the price was US$6,899 for the monochrome version and US$10,999 for the active matrix color version, available after May 1992. [5] [6]
Both versions are equipped with a socketed 33 MHz [5] [6] Intel 80486DX CPU, 4 MB DRAM ( 72-pin SIMM), [1] 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy, 120 [4] - 1000 MB hard disk drive [1] ( P-ATA), [3] and SCSI port for CD-ROM or tape. [3] On the front of the unit there two dials underneath the PC-speaker to adjust the brightness of the screen and the volume of the PC-speaker. The PC-speaker in the Compaq Portable 486 is unique in that there is a 3.5 mm audio input jack on the side of the unit to allow a third party ISA sound card to pass through its audio output to the PC speaker. [5]
Compaq released two versions of the Compaq Portable 486 with a faster, 66 MHz Intel 80486DX2 CPU, named the Compaq Portable 486/66 for the monochrome version and the Compaq Portable 486/66c for the color version. [5]
Compaq worked with Network General which released branded versions of the Compaq Portable 486 as "Network Sniffers". [7]
A case-modified version of the colour screen variant with replaced internals was used as a prop in the 1995 film Hackers. With its internals replaced by those of a Macintosh laptop, it served as the character Dade Murphy's (Aliases: Zero Cool and Crash Override) primary computer for the first half of the film.
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