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== Reception == ''[[Byte (magazine)|BYTE]]'' wrote, after testing a prototype, that the Compaq Portable "looks like a sure winner" because of its portability, cost, and high degree of compatibility with the IBM PC. Its reviewer tested [[IBM PC DOS]], [[CP/M-86]], [[WordStar]], [[SuperCalc]], and several other software packages, and found that all worked except one game.<ref name="dahmke198301">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1983-01-rescan/1983_01_BYTE_08-01_Looking_Ahead#page/n31/mode/2up | title=The Compaq Portable | work=BYTE | date=January 1983 | accessdate=27 July 2013 | author=Dahmke, Mark | pages=30β36}}</ref> "Compaq", ''[[InfoWorld]]'' said, "deserves the success it enjoys ... an excellent, convenient machine designed and priced for professional use".<ref name="siegel19831107">{{Cite magazine |last=Siegel |first=Lenny |date=7 November 1983 |title=Review: Conpaq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0C8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q&f=true |magazine=InfoWorld |pages=87-88 |volume=5 |issue=45}}</ref> ''[[PC Magazine]]'' also rated the Compaq Portable very highly for compatibility, reporting that all tested applications ran. It praised the "rugged" hardware design and sharp display, and concluded that it was "certainly worth consideration by anyone seeking to run IBM PC software without an IBM PC".<ref name="sandler198306">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=14Kfbrc6cbAC&pg=PA186 | title=Compaq: Have Computer Will Travel | work=PC Magazine | date=June 1983 | accessdate=21 October 2013 | author=Sandler, Corey | pages=186}}</ref>
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