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Resurrecting Vintage Luggable Computer - The Compaq Portable III

This is one of those early "portable" computers that really pushed the definition of portable. It had no batteries and weighed 20lbs, but at least it had a carry handle on top! The Compaq Portable III came out in 1987 and featured a 12MHz 286 CPU with 640KB of RAM. It originally cost $3,999USD, or over $11k in modern dollars! The display was a very cool gas-plasma model with great contrast and brightness. Big thanks to Ax-Man Surplus for hooking me up with this! You can find them at https://www.ax-man.com/ I used some of the following websites to help me get this working: https://ret.rocks/index.php/one-off-w... https://retrotechrestoration.com/1987... I found some old software for it on archive.org, including the setup disk images at: https://archive.org/details/CompaqPor... One thing that seems different with mine is that it requires 1.2MB disk images, not 360K or 720K as others have reported. The Gotek drive needs to be configured as a 1.44MB drive with 1.2MB images. I found that the updated Gotek with Flashfloppy firmware worked the best (https://www.ebay.com/itm/234259341532) The Wifi modem I used is from arcanebytes: https://www.arcanebyte.com/wifimodem-... Saveitforparts t-shirts and other merch at https://saveitforparts.myspreadshop.com/ Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @saveitforparts   Or support me via Patreon at   / saveitforparts   Check out gadgets and devices I like at https://www.amazon.com/shop/saveitfor...