The time goes by very fast so the tehnology does.30 years ago new technologies were coming up one or two times a year but today when you wake up in the morning you hear something new which comes into existence.I remember 80's very well and when i imagine those years i never thought i find
With the passing of founder Andrew Kay earlier this week, I thought it only appropriate to take a look back at Kaypro’s computers. The company had a long history before producing its first co…
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For 30 years the IBM PC has dictated our digital lives. It has been a wild ride, but is it now time for the PC to step aside and let the tablets in?
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The company started as the first maker of IBM-compatible portable computers and quickly grew into the world’s best-selling personal computer brand during the late 1980s and ’90s. Compaq, which stood for "compatibility and quality," was an American information technology company founded by Rod Canion, Jim Harris, and Bill Murto with just $3000 in 1982. The three were generally unhappy with their employment and broke away from Texas Instruments (TI). Then they decided to make the jump into running their own business. They set out with a clear vision of providing personal computers that were not only portable, but had the power to compete with IBM’s machines. One year later, Compaq shipped 53,000 IBM PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables running MS-DOS, and the $111 million revenue was an American business record. As the years passed, Compaq computers shot up like a firework and had sales of $503 million by 1985. In 1984, Compaq introduced its DESKPRO desktop computers and achieved a sales record in its second year. In 1986, it was the first to offer a 386-based machine. In 1987 they reached the $1 billion revenue mark, and by 1991, they were 5th place in terms of market share with around $3 billion in sales. Compaq grew into a massive computer supplier and by 1994 surpassed IBM sales in the personal computer market. By 2002 Compaq was acquired by HP and IBM stopped making new PC machines. History of Compaq computer
