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Compaq LTE (1st Generation)
The LTE, LTE/286, and LTE/386s were a series of Notebook (laptop), notebook-sized laptops manufactured by Compaq from 1989 to 1992. The three laptops comprise the first generation of the Compaq LTE, LTE line, which was Compaq's second attempt at a laptop following the Compaq SLT, SLT in 1988 and their first attempt at a truly lightweight portable computer. The LTE line proved highly popular—Compaq selling hundreds of thousands of units between the three—and gave way to successive generations of the line, including the Compaq LTE Lite, LTE Lite, the Compaq LTE Elite, LTE Elite, and the Compaq LTE 5000 series, LTE 5000 series. With its use of industry-standard floppy and hard drive technologies, the LTE was the first commercially successful IBM PC compatible, IBM PC–compatible notebook and helped launch the fledgling PC notebook industry, which had seen earlier attempts fail due to the use of novel but nonstandard data storage. Development and specification LTE and LTE/286 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology, information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the second company after Columbia Data Products to legally Reverse engineering, reverse engineer the BIOS of the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the Market share of personal computer vendors, largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s. The company was initially based in Harris County, Texas. The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris (entrepreneur), Jim Harris, and Bill Murto, all of whom were former Texas Instruments senior managers. All three had left by 1991 under a shakeup, which saw Eckhard Pfeiffer appointed president and CEO, serving through the 1990s. Benjamin M. Rosen, Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledgling company and served as chairman of the board for 17 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
