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The archive preserves this corporate evolution through original branded ephemera

Compaq Portable (1983) Models on Display:Compaq Portable cementing its legacy as aCompaq Portable I First 100% IBM Compatible PC Clone The Compaq Portable, released in March 1983 for $2,995 (roughly $10,000 today), was the first 100% IBM compatible computer clone, and the machine that effectively broke IBMs monopoly on the tech market. While other early computer clones struggled to run popular software, Compaq famously spent $1 million on "clean room reverse engineering" to copy IBM's core system code from scratch without violating