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New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

Me, and my Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 - my first laptop

#ThrowBackThursday #Compaq #Laptop #OldTech #RetroTech

Thanks to a recent upload to the Internet Archive from "LazArchive", I could finally put together a set of compatible MS-DOS 3.31 floppy disks. The COMPAQ FASTART utility disk from 1989 finally works as intended using the COMPAQ User Programs v6.01 Rev B. This never worked for me before, so it's a huge improvement! 😃

MS-DOS v3.31 is a particularly useful version of DOS, because it was the first version to support a partition size of over 32MB... up to 512MB!

Link: https://archive.org/details/compaq331
Another Link: https://archive.org/details/ms-dos.ver.-3.31d-oem-compaq.-english

#DOS #MSDOS #COMPAQ #Microsoft #Retro #80s #80er #80s #IBMPC #Emulation #86Box #Tech #DOSGaming #RetroComputing

Thanks to a recent upload to the Internet Archive from "LazArchive", I could finally put together a set of compatible MS-DOS 3.31 floppy disks. The COMPAQ FASTART utility disk from 1989 finally works as intended using the COMPAQ User Programs v6.01 Rev B. This never worked for me before, so it's a huge improvement! 😃

MS-DOS v3.31 is a particularly useful version of DOS, because it was the first version to support a partition size of over 32MB... up to 512MB!

Link: https://archive.org/details/compaq331
Another Link: https://archive.org/details/ms-dos.ver.-3.31d-oem-compaq.-english

#DOS #MSDOS #COMPAQ #Microsoft #Retro #80s #80er #80s #IBMPC #Emulation #86Box #Tech #DOSGaming #RetroComputing

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

While having the keyboard removed for some light cleaning, I thought why not upgrade the RAM. It now has 128 MB - which means I can disable the swap file in Windows 95 to prolong the life of the SSD. 🙂

#Compaq #Armada #RetroComputing

Repórter Retro 122

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/02/25/reporter-retro-122/

#ReprterRetro #DOScember #6800 #8BitGuy #Amiga3000 #AMXProject #AtariSt #BASIC #Casemod #Centurion #Clabretro #CoCoTown #Commodore128 #Commodore1541 #Commodore64 #Commodore64Ultimate #CommodoreKIM1 #CommodorePET #Compaq #CP500 #CP400 #CulturaHacker #DanielCampos #DBASEIII #DEC #DESQView #diagnstico #ElectricAdventures #emulao #FbioNMI #fita #IMSAI8080 #JanBeta #Japo #Jogos #JogosDeGuerra #JuanCastro #KevinNoki #LAN

Repórter Retro 122

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/02/25/reporter-retro-122/

#ReprterRetro #DOScember #6800 #8BitGuy #Amiga3000 #AMXProject #AtariSt #BASIC #Casemod #Centurion #Clabretro #CoCoTown #Commodore128 #Commodore1541 #Commodore64 #Commodore64Ultimate #CommodoreKIM1 #CommodorePET #Compaq #CP500 #CP400 #CulturaHacker #DanielCampos #DBASEIII #DEC #DESQView #diagnstico #ElectricAdventures #emulao #FbioNMI #fita #IMSAI8080 #JanBeta #Japo #Jogos #JogosDeGuerra #JuanCastro #KevinNoki #LAN

Repórter Retro 122

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/02/25/reporter-retro-122/

#ReprterRetro #DOScember #6800 #8BitGuy #Amiga3000 #AMXProject #AtariSt #BASIC #Casemod #Centurion #Clabretro #CoCoTown #Commodore128 #Commodore1541 #Commodore64 #Commodore64Ultimate #CommodoreKIM1 #CommodorePET #Compaq #CP500 #CP400 #CulturaHacker #DanielCampos #DBASEIII #DEC #DESQView #diagnstico #ElectricAdventures #emulao #FbioNMI #fita #IMSAI8080 #JanBeta #Japo #Jogos #JogosDeGuerra #JuanCastro #KevinNoki #LAN

Repórter Retro 122

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/02/25/reporter-retro-122/

#ReprterRetro #DOScember #6800 #8BitGuy #Amiga3000 #AMXProject #AtariSt #BASIC #Casemod #Centurion #Clabretro #CoCoTown #Commodore128 #Commodore1541 #Commodore64 #Commodore64Ultimate #CommodoreKIM1 #CommodorePET #Compaq #CP500 #CP400 #CulturaHacker #DanielCampos #DBASEIII #DEC #DESQView #diagnstico #ElectricAdventures #emulao #FbioNMI #fita #IMSAI8080 #JanBeta #Japo #Jogos #JogosDeGuerra #JuanCastro #KevinNoki #LAN

Repórter Retro 096

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/09/27/reporter-retro-096/

#ReprterRetro #AcornElectron #ActionRetro #Apple #AppleIIc #Atari8bits #Bluetooth #Calculadora #Casemod #Clone #Commodore64 #Compaq #CristianoGonalves #CuriousMarc #Doom #Espanha #FM7 #gabinete #Hackaday #IBM #KIM1 #Linux #Macintosh #MarkFixesStuff #MIDI #monitor #MSOffice #MSXRio #Newton #NoelLlopis #panasonic #PCUSER486 #PDA #PowerPC #RetroComputingReboot #RISCV #SDMapper #SNES #Tandy1000 #Tandy2500XL #TechTimeTr

💝 Vintage Lust 💝

Seller offers discount—intrigued—but it's just the board, would need the rest, but then I could have that quad Pentium Pro I've been wanting ever since this model came into existence (make it the Black Edition, 200Mhz + 2MB cache). There's simply never enough time to enjoy all of the vintage machines of which daydreams are made.

#vintagecomputing #vintage #compaq #pentium #servers #beautiful

I wasn't kidding when I said I put a dedicated GPU into this #compaqdeskproen! Not bad for a #PCI video card! #compaq #compaqdeskpro #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #retrogaming #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaiii #gta3 #grandtheftautoiii #grandtheftauto3 #crt #crtgaming #2000snostalgia #90snostalgia #kuruma

Repórter Retro 109

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/11/28/reporter-retro-109/

#ReprterRetro #68030 #Aceleradora #Activision #AndrFachat #Asianometry #AtariSt #Calculadora #Compaq #EGA #GuerraDosClones #HP41C #IBM #IsaacAsimov #Jogos #JordanMechner #Karateka #MacSE30 #MSXRio #PET #PrinceOfPersia #rdio #recuperao #RMC #RonMcAdams #ThisDoesNotCompute #Transistor #TRS80ModelII #W3C #Web

Инженерное чудо Compaq'а из 90-х…

Я большой фанат ноутбуков и любых схожих с ними устройств. В моей небольшой коллекции есть самые разные модели: с десктопными Pentium 4, с дискретными GPU от S3 Graphics и даже парочку «отвальных» ноутбуков с MXM-видеокартами. Однако одна модель особенно выделяется — ведь Compaq M300 был не только мощным и при этом компактным ноутбуком родом из 1999 года, но ещё и игровым — благодаря дискретной графике от ATi. Как выглядел игровой ноутбук из 90-х, что у него было внутри, на что он был способен и для чего он мне нужен в 2025 году — читайте в сегодняшней статье!

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/975492/

#bodyawm_ништячки #гаджеты #ноутбуки #ретроспектива #ati #ati_rage #compaq #pentium_ii

@elfin @doctorwhom funny, i worked as a sub at data general in westfield #compaq #dec

Earlier tonight, I was searching the web for the official Compaq diagnostics disk to add a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 to my collection of 86Box virtual machines. This machine's from the late 80s and it does not have anything like a BIOS settings menu, but instead uses a bootable floppy disk instead.

Great success! I did not only find working disk images, but I even managed to download the original files from Compaq to create these disks in the first place. In both 3.5" and 5.25" versions! The files are named "SP0308.EXE" and "SP0316.EXE".

I'm reallly grateful to the community for preserving these files! 😃

#RetroComputing #Compaq #DOSGaming #RetroGaming #Emulation #86Box #PCEmulation #FloppyDisk

Hier noch ein weiteres, eher spezielles Retro-Sammlerstück, diesmal aus dem Jahre 1992: Ein OEM Diskettensatz von Windows 3.1 mit Dienstprogrammen und Branding des PC-Herstellers COMPAQ.

Eine Installation dieser Disketten ist - sofern man keine Fehlermeldung auslösen möchte - nur auf Computern mit COMPAQ BIOS möglich. Ansonsten wird beim ersten Start ein "Segment-Lade-Fehler" durch das Programm CPQINST.EXE ausgelöst. Um dies zu vermeiden, genügt allerdings auch schon ein emuliertes COMPAQ System, wie z.B. der "Compaq Deskpro 386" in 86Box.

https://archive.org/details/mswin_3.1_de_compaq-branded

Viel Spaß beim Austesten! 😉

#Win31 #Windows #Microsoft #COMPAQ #Diskette #FloppyDisk #Branding #86Box #Emulation #RetroComputing #90er #90s

My first PDA was the first-generation Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC.

I had the Ericsson T39m as a phone, which was the first mobile phone with built-in GPRS and Bluetooth.

Had mobile web always at hand even in middle school, and Pocket PC port of SimCity 2000!

#PDA #RetroComputing #Compaq #Ericsson

Repórter Retro 109

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/11/28/reporter-retro-109/

#ReprterRetro #68030 #Aceleradora #Activision #AndrFachat #Asianometry #AtariSt #Calculadora #Compaq #EGA #GuerraDosClones #HP41C #IBM #IsaacAsimov #Jogos #JordanMechner #Karateka #MacSE30 #MSXRio #PET #PrinceOfPersia #rdio #recuperao #RMC #RonMcAdams #ThisDoesNotCompute #Transistor #TRS80ModelII #W3C #Web

Repórter Retro 109

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/11/28/reporter-retro-109/

#ReprterRetro #68030 #Aceleradora #Activision #AndrFachat #Asianometry #AtariSt #Calculadora #Compaq #EGA #GuerraDosClones #HP41C #IBM #IsaacAsimov #Jogos #JordanMechner #Karateka #MacSE30 #MSXRio #PET #PrinceOfPersia #rdio #recuperao #RMC #RonMcAdams #ThisDoesNotCompute #Transistor #TRS80ModelII #W3C #Web

Repórter Retro 109

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/11/28/reporter-retro-109/

#ReprterRetro #68030 #Aceleradora #Activision #AndrFachat #Asianometry #AtariSt #Calculadora #Compaq #EGA #GuerraDosClones #HP41C #IBM #IsaacAsimov #Jogos #JordanMechner #Karateka #MacSE30 #MSXRio #PET #PrinceOfPersia #rdio #recuperao #RMC #RonMcAdams #ThisDoesNotCompute #Transistor #TRS80ModelII #W3C #Web

Yep, I’ve got one of these too! It’s been a bit of a guinea pig for me, and has a dedicated video card in it (because I could). #compaq #compaqdeskpro #retrocomputing #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #windows2000 #crt #90snostalgia #2000snostalgia #bluescreen #deskpro #compaqdeskproen

Nueva vida para esta notebook. Hp Compaq nx6320. Intel T2300 centrino duo (del año 2006) x32 bits. 1.5gb de ram DDR2. Disco hdd 80gb (se reemplazo por ssd wd green 240gb). Limpieza total.
Sistema operativo: se le instalo Q4OS (GNU/Linux) base debian 32 bits. Cómo se ve en las imágenes, 230mb de ram consume al inicio, llegando a 1gb con navegador abierto con 2 pestañas, libreoffice, vlc, entre otras apps.
Increíble que aún funcione bien, y con el ssd más un Linux optimizado para equipos amtiguos enciende más rápido que muchas notebooks modernas, nueva vida para ella!!!

#Informatica #laptop #oldcomputer #linux #Q4OS #gnu #gnulinux #VidaInformatica #notebook #hp #compaq #ssd #hdd #wd #green #software #Hardware #Argentina #reparaciondepc #reparacionpc

Restore in progress.

This little #Compaq #Armada 1500c just got a 4 GB PATA SSD (yes, a real SSD) and will be a perfect DOS/Win9x machine.

#RetroComputing

Setting up a virtual Compaq Deskpro 386/25 using yesterday's boot diskette and the latest 86Box. I added a 25MHz 386 CPU, a 387 co-processor, 4megs of RAM, VGA graphics as well as 315MB of disk space.

So far, everything works. This is fun! 😃

#RetroComputing #PCDOS #Compaq #Deskpro #386DX #Retro #80s #90s #DOSGaming #RetroGaming

Le Compaq Portable 486 illustre parfaitement une période charnière de l’histoire informatique.
Au début des années 1990, la mobilité signifiait transporter un ordinateur de près de 8 kg, doté d’un processeur 486 et d’une architecture proche d’un PC de bureau.

La fin de l’ère des machines à coudre !

#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Compaq #486 #VintageComputer #TechHistory

Взлет и крах первого портативного компьютера: Osborne 1

Легендарному компьютеру Osborne 1 исполняется 45 лет. Это прекрасный повод вспомнить не только его особенности, но и оценить его вклад в историю. Osborne 1 стал первым по-настоящему успешным портативным компьютером. Компания Адама Осборна продала сотни тысяч устройств и задала темп всей индустрии. Однако в у этой компании был не только стремительный взлёт, но и драматичное падение, из-за которого Osborne Computer Corporation вошла в учебники. Крах компании из-за преждевременного анонса новых моделей стал классическим маркетинговым кейсом, известным как «эффект Осборна». Этот пример до сих пор изучают в бизнес-школах, и он интересен не только технологам, но и маркетологам с предпринимателями. Влет и крах первого портативного ПК > > >

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/991810/

#osborne_1 #apple_2 #маркетинг #osborne_computer_corporation #ibm_pc #compaq #адам_осборн #бен_розен #стив_джобс #timeweb_статьи

Reminder that I am giving a talk on the battle between IBM and Compaq for the soul of the PC!

It's next week at the Computer Conservation Society. Tickets available for both in-person and online. #history #compaq #technology

https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/2025-26/20260219.htm

In today's #retrocomputing adventure, I learned:

- Only the first PCI slot in my #COMPAQ #Presario 5184 exposes its option ROM, sometimes. At least for the NIC.

- Compiling #XTIDE will work in Linux if you get rid of the .exe extensions and replace del with rm, but you also have to remember to replace all the backslashes with slashes or the checksum perl script won't run and you'll get a 101-I/O ROM Error!

I bought a #compaq Armada m700 at the thrift store yesterday! It's a really nice pentium III laptop (1999 thin and light)

HOWEVER there's one terrible OCD triggering design compromise on this thing.

Why did it have to be this way Compaq... WHY?!

#retrocomputing #unsatisfying

Losing it over finding *Compaq* branded fabric downtown 🤯

#retrocomputing #compaq

A ringing in endorsement of #linux by #compaq in 1999. An excerpt from their operating system support document.

#retrocomputing

Quick #retrocomputing question...

Where's your nearest #floppy?! and what's on it!

Mine's a diagnostic floppy for a #compaq 286 laptop.

Truly there was no greater shame in tech* than being acquired by #Compaq Computer.

*besides sitting down for your first day at any job in front of one.

I wasn't kidding when I said I put a dedicated GPU into this #compaqdeskproen! Not bad for a #PCI video card! #compaq #compaqdeskpro #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #retrogaming #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaiii #gta3 #grandtheftautoiii #grandtheftauto3 #crt #crtgaming #2000snostalgia #90snostalgia #kuruma

I wasn't kidding when I said I put a dedicated GPU into this #compaqdeskproen! Not bad for a #PCI video card! #compaq #compaqdeskpro #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #retrogaming #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaiii #gta3 #grandtheftautoiii #grandtheftauto3 #crt #crtgaming #2000snostalgia #90snostalgia #kuruma

I wasn't kidding when I said I put a dedicated GPU into this #compaqdeskproen! Not bad for a #PCI video card! #compaq #compaqdeskpro #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #retrogaming #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaiii #gta3 #grandtheftautoiii #grandtheftauto3 #crt #crtgaming #2000snostalgia #90snostalgia #kuruma

After tons of trial and error, I finally got the 86Box VM configuration based on the #Compaq #DeskPro 386/20e up and running (the actual computer is based on the May 1988 model, but the settings are what a 386/20e would've had back then), complete with the Compaq OEM version of MS-DOS 3.31.

I might as well share the magazine advertisement for the DeskPro 386/20e, which boasted quite a lot; high performance, expandable memory, and VGA graphics, just to name a few.

#retrocomputing

@mainframed767
I was #Cloning around happily with #Compaq #Deskpro back in the day.

I loved my #Compaq #Deskpro. Many people don't think highly of Compaq #PC lineup but thats because uninformed people bought garbage consumer #Presario line. Deskpro made #IBM exit the PC market!

@noracodes Reminds me of my old #compaq #deskpro