This week in 1982, Compaq announced the first true IBM PC clone — it was portable, too, as long as you were comfortable lugging 28 pounds
For the money, you got the assurance of the IBM brand, and ‘no one got fired for buying IBM.’ It still had the same Intel 8088 at 4.77 MHz, though, plus the same storage and monitor/CGA video configuration – and weight. …









