Compaq Portable 486

The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1992.[2] It was the last "luggable" or portable computer released under the Compaq Portable series of computers.[5]

Compaq Portable 486
Color version of the Compaq Portable 486, the Compaq Portable 486c
ManufacturerCompaq Computer Corporation, United States
Product familyCompaq Portable series
TypePortable computer
Release date1992 (1992)
CPUIntel 80486DX @ 33 MHz
Memory4 - 32 MB RAM
DisplayActive TFT monochrome[1]
Graphics640 X 480 resolution 8-bit[2] VGA[1], 80 X 25 text[2]
SoundPIT using a mini speaker
ConnectivitySCSI[3] 2x EISA expansion bus[3]
Dimensions39.6 (width) x 13.9 (depth) x 27.9 (height) cm[4]
Mass7.9 kg[4]
PredecessorCompaq Portable 386

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 upon its release for with a 120 MB hard disk was US$5,899 for the monochrome version and US$9,999 for the active matrix color version[5][6] For a model with 210 MB hard disk the price was US$6,899, for the monochrome version and US$10,999 for the active matrix color version, but was not available until 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 also released 2 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 also worked with Network General which released branded versions of the Compaq Portable 486 as "Network Sniffers"[7]

Environmental limits are:

  • Temperature operating 10 - 40 °C, nonoperating -30 - 60 °C
  • Relative humidity (noncondensing) Operating 20% - 80%, Nonoperating 5% - 90%
  • Maximum unpressurized altitude operating 3050 meters, nonoperating 9150 meters
  • Shock 40 G, 11 ms, half sine (nonoperating Vibration, Operating 0.25 G, 5 – 500 Hz, 1/2 octave/min sweep Nonoperating 1.0 G, 5 – 500 Hz, 1/2 octave/min sweep

References
  1. loreoutlet.dyndns.org - Computer COLLsite: Portables Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1000bit.it - ---+ 1000 BiT +--- Computer's description
  3. mcamafia.de - My Portable Computers
  4. helpowl.com - Compaq Portable 486 compaq portable 486
  5. admin (2019-11-13). "The Compaq Portable 486". Retropaq. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  6. books.google.com - InfoWorld 1992-05-04
  7. https://www.retropaq.com/the-compaq-portable-486/


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