Editing Compaq Portable series (section)

{{Short description|Laptop manufacturer}}
[[Image:CompaqLogoOnCompaqPortable.jpg|200px|thumbnail|The Compaq logo as used on the first Compaq portables]]
[[File:Compaq Portable II with handle.jpg|thumb|Compaq Portable II]]
[[Compaq]]'s first computers' form factors were [[portable computer|portable]], also called "luggables", and then "lunchbox computers", and together constituted the '''Compaq Portable series'''. These computers measured approximately {{convert|16|in}} deep, {{convert|8|in}} tall, and approximately {{convert|20|in}} wide.  As the products evolved, laptops and notebooks were created offering a new level of portability that caused the market to explode.

Some of the portables, the [[Compaq Portable|Portable]] and [[Compaq Portable II|Portable II]], had [[CRT monitor]]s, while later the [[Compaq Portable III|Portable III]] and the [[Compaq Portable 386|Portable 386]]) had flat, monochrome, usually [[amber (color)|amber]], [[plasma display]]s. The portables came/could come with internal [[hard disk|hard disk drives]] on 0.5" shock mount springs; [[floppy disk drive|diskette drives]], usually [[floppy disk drive#The 5.BC-inch minifloppy|5-{{fraction|1|4}}"]] double- or quadruple-density drives; [[battery (electricity)|batteries]]; and/or a dual-[[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] expansion chassis, about one full-drive-height wide. Note this was before the term "ISA" became a standard. The Compaq Portable 486 included mono and color LCD screens and were battery powered.