Vintage Compaq
2011
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 VINTAGE COMPAQ COMPUTER MODEL 101709 $120.00 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 45m Buy It Now for only: $120.00 |
 Vintage Compaq Presario 4160 Dekstop PC 150 MHz + Windows 95 $150.00 Time Remaining: 36m |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ ARMADA 1120T LAPTOP COMPLETE $139.99 Time Remaining: 28d 11h 3m Buy It Now for only: $139.99 |
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 Compaq 386 Portable Vintage 1989 Original Computer $100.00 Time Remaining: 4h 44m Buy It Now for only: $350.00 |
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 RARE VINTAGE 1980s COMPAQ COMPUTER MODEL 101709 DOS $249.99 Time Remaining: 12d 5h 29m Buy It Now for only: $249.99 |
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 Compaq Portable 386 Model 2670 Vintage Computer Nice $145.00 Time Remaining: 20d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $145.00 |
 Vintage Compaq Presario 1070 laptop $0.99 Time Remaining: 18h 50m |
 Vintage Compaq SLT 286 A little piece of computing history $199.00 Time Remaining: 13d 17h 50m Buy It Now for only: $199.00 |
 VINTAGE 1983 COMPAQ PLUS AD FIRST HIGH PERFORMANCE PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER $24.99 Time Remaining: 23d 13h 54m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ PRO 286 MFM 29 MB HARD DRIVE RLL 8 BIT IBM XT AT PC COMPUTER $34.95 Time Remaining: 22d 23h 20m Buy It Now for only: $34.95 |
 90s vintage retro PC computer pocket calculator Hewlett Packard HP 48G in case $21.34 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 5d 21h |
 VINTAGE 1984 COMPAQ DESKPRO TWO PAGE AD COMPUTER DREAMS DREAM COMPUTER $24.99 Time Remaining: 23d 13h 50m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 VINTAGE Compaq C120 PDA 2MB MONO P N 266500 001 $125.00 Time Remaining: 4h 31m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ Service Tool 101089 001 for Portable $19.50 Time Remaining: 26d 2h 44m Buy It Now for only: $19.50 |
 Vintage Compaq Motherboard 1984 Serial GG101580059 $20.99 Time Remaining: 5d 5h 3m |
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 Vintage Non Standard Compaq Deskpro Power Supply 47074 $19.99 Time Remaining: 17d 17h 9m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ POCKET PC 2051C WORKS AND LOOKS GOOD $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 22h 8m |
 VINTAGE 1984 DATA SHEET VISUAL COMMUTER PC WEIGH THE DIFFERENCES IBM COMPAQ+ $19.99 Time Remaining: 7d 1h 23m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
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 VINTAGE 1998 RARE PIN TIE TACK COMPAQ 100K WORKSTATION CEBIT FRAMED $34.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 35m |
 Vintage HP 9825T Desktop Computer Calculator Controller for Parts or repair $70.00 Time Remaining: 29d 17m Buy It Now for only: $70.00 |
 VINTAGE WORDPERFECT MANUAL VERSION 51 $29.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 51m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ PORTABLE 386 MODEL 2670 COMPUTER $399.00 Time Remaining: 20d 23h 48m Buy It Now for only: $399.00 |
 VINTAGE 199X RARE PIN TIE TACK COMPAQ FROM CEBIT GERMANY FRAMED $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 52m |
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 VINTAGE 198X PIN TIE TACK COMPAQ ACCESS FROM CEBIT GERMANY FRAMED $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 19m |
 Vintage Compaq ARMADA 1530DM Win 311 DOOM Works $293.74 Time Remaining: 14d 3h 13m Buy It Now for only: $293.74 |
 Hewlett Packard HP 86 Vintage Software 1983 Magazine Double Page Advert 5112 $7.89 Time Remaining: 27d 15h 19m Buy It Now for only: $7.89 |
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 VINTAGE 199X PIN TIE TACK MICROSOFT WINDOWS CEBIT GERMANY FRAMED $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 25m |
 VINTAGE 1984 COMPAQ BROCHURE IT SIMPLY WORKS BETTER $29.99 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 4m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 VINTAGE FEB 1988 PAQ COMPAQ REVIEW MAGAZINE REDGATE OLD ADS $24.99 Time Remaining: 7d 1h 14m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
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 Vintage Compaq SLT 386s 20 collectable computer $125.00 Time Remaining: 6d 15h 43m |
 Vintage PC CARD COMPAQ FLOPPY CONTROLLER MULTI I O $39.95 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 8m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 Vintage COMPAQ DOS Basic Version 2 Unopened Software Manuals NOS $95.00 Time Remaining: 22d 3h 6m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 Vintage PIICEON CQ 4MB COMPAQ 386 CEXe 1533 4mb System Board 386e $99.00 Time Remaining: 22d 23h 22m Buy It Now for only: $99.00 |
 vintage Hewlett Packard HP 10B Business Calculator LCD In case lovely cond $6.32 Time Remaining: 6d 19h 42m |
 Vintage COMPAQ WD1007A CONTROLLER AMD D8752 CPU FOR PC $69.95 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 39m Buy It Now for only: $69.95 |
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 Vintage Original Compaq Model Compaq Portable Computer MS DOS Predates 101709 $69.99 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 6m |
 Vintage COMPAQ 126654 001 QVISION VIDEO BOARD $99.95 Time Remaining: 9d 21h 37m Buy It Now for only: $99.95 |
 Vintage PC COMPAQ MULTI I O WINCHESTER CONTROLLER CARD $49.95 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 28m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 |
 VINTAGE COMPAQ PORTABLE 386 20 COMPUTER MODEL 2670 LK $499.95 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 51m Buy It Now for only: $499.95 |
The Model Maze: Computers of The Past
It may seem to some vintage computer newcomers that the plethora of numbers in the designation of early pc CPU and model types is just too confusing. After all isn't Pentium, Pentium III and IV self explanatory? After all what do the numbers and terms 8088, 8086, 286, 286 and 486 represent anyway and what is the difference among them all?
To begin with the 8088 is the oldest of the early PC central Processing Unit (CPU) variant models. which means a rectangular case with two rows of 20 pins. DIP stands for Dual In-Line Package. Older 80800 CPUs are called 8088-2. As they can only run at lower speeds (believe it not 5 MHz or slower compared to a now 4000 MHz computer). The faster models - the "Turbo" PC/XT clones ran at faster rates of 6.6, 7.16 or even 8.0 MHz. IBM function with the PC was so shut the market down to protect their lucrative central core of their business- mainframe computers. You can imagine upper brass at IBM was not too thrilled at the competitive upkill from "Clone" manufacturers such as Compaq or later Dell. By the way the 8088 had the equivalent of approximately 27,000 transistors.
Next in line along the route of vintage computer evolution was the 80286 chip. Designed by Intel in 1981 its package is a square of plastic called a "PGA" which stood not for professional golf association but rather "Pin Grid Array Package". The 286 Vintage Computer CPU also came in a cheaper version (the Celeron of its time) called the PLCC or "Plastic Leaderless Chip Carrier". The PGA Package had an inner and outer square of solid pins whereas the PLCC arranges thin tinfoil- like legs around its perimeter. The 286 packed a wallop of more power that the 8088 did. The 80286 is the equivalent of about 130,000 transistors in the actual similar volume of the 8088's 29,000 transistors. Not unexpectedly similar to the heat production problem of todays Pentium type computers extra cooling requirement is needed. We are left today in our modern computers with the benefits of the foresight of the electronic engineers of the day with the inventions of various types of heat sinks. Heat sinks one way or another are in effect radiators to dispel heat in a similar means and manner to you might have in your car. Small metal caps were first developed or metal cooling fins were added on top of the CPU chip to better dissipate the heat especially in both higher end products, CPUs in intensive work situations and CPU operating in severe hot climates or in hot workplace settings. It must be appreciated that it was always the higher or leading edge products that were under the most pressure and scrutiny both as for the heat they produce, their performance work and environmental pressures and for customer expectations of reliability and performance for these most expensive flagship products of the computer industry of its day.
Lastly came the 386 chipset which is the direct predecessor of our modern Pentiums.
The chip is properly called the 80386 by the still leading chip manufacture Intel. Introduced in 1985, the 80386 comes in a PGA package and is the equivalent of about 250,000 transistors. The 386 variants a wealth of programming features including the core vital ability to multitask DOS programs with the help of "hyerpervisor" programs like DesqView /386 or VRM/386. Its 32 bit data path speeds data access. Interestingly it took later hardware in the next 486 era chips to fully take broad scale advantage of these built in innovations.
Interestingly enough similar to the Intel Celeron marketing example there was also a downsized less costly and powerful example sporting a similar moniker called the 386SX. You have to remember this was pre internet when computer purchasers were much more at the mercy of both computer marketers and high pressure salespeople and were more easily fooled by similar marketing terms and descriptions. The 386SX was identical except to the real 386 version - the 386DX except for the vital fact that it had a 16 bit data path which it was said allowed it be more easily incorporated into earlier and less costly AT type 286 16 bit computer hardware.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
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