An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer and its successors. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses
The Compaq Portable was one of the first nearly 100% IBM-compatible PCs.
Almost all home computers since the 1990s are technically IBM PC-compatibles.
The original IBM PC (Model 5150) motivated the production of clones during the early 1980s.
The DEC Rainbow 100 runs MS-DOS but is not compatible with the IBM PC.
Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the
Compaq co-founder Rod Canion, pictured in 2016
The Deskpro 386 was the first personal computer to feature an Intel 386 microprocessor.
The SLT/286, Compaq's first laptop, was released in 1988.