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-  comments:
-  - author: Chad (USA)
-    date: Tuesday 8th June 2021
-    text: I have this computer in working order except missing operating system, anyone interested?
-  - author: OLEK CHRISTOPHE (France)
-    date: Monday 14th September 2020
-    text: |-
-      This was my first student computer and \* was fond of it!\
-      Who would be interested in it?
-  - author: Michael Harpe
-    date: Tuesday 24th April 2018
-    text: That was also the machine that Network General used to build the first Ethernet sniffer. I worked with one of those back in the day.
-  - author: A Random American Person
-    date: Wednesday 18th October 2017
-    text: Ah man I really want one of these.
-  - author: jim (america)
-    date: Friday 11th August 2017
-    text: I have a working Compag Portable 3. is anyone looking to buy one ?
-  - author: Pete (UK)
-    date: Thursday 5th January 2012
-    text: I have one of these, an early 286 with a 287 Co-Processor and it still works.
-  - author: BZ
-    date: Wednesday 13rd April 2011
-    text: We had those for field test collecting measurementdata. The units we had started to smell burnt and sent out some puffs of smoke so do not leave it unattended......
-  - author: Simon Lyne (UK)
-    date: Saturday 26th February 2011
-    text: boubik, the computer is probably having trouble finding the OS. You will probably find the HDD has died as it is over 20 years old. Or the HDD has some how become corrupt over the years. But I can only estimate from what you have stated.
-  - author: Josh Robertson
-    date: Tuesday 10th August 2010
-    text: I''d love one of these! If I had a choice between a new iMac and one of these I''d chose the Compaq!
-  - author: boubik (Czech Republic)
-    date: Thursday 23rd February 2006
-    text: Hi, i bought one few weeks ago - big luck, but it won't boot. After power-on it counts the memory and then stops - cursor is blinking and nothing more, could someone help?
-  - author: j4ck (us)
-    date: Monday 28th March 2005
-    text: huh? the 286 isn't powerful enough to emulate an atari
-  - author: ashley dunham (grand junction colorado)
-    date: Friday 4th March 2005
-    text: can anyone help me find an atari emulator for the intel 286? i cant seam to find one! thanks!
-  - author: Ashley (GJ, CO)
-    date: Friday 4th March 2005
-    text: Jeff, download dos 3.1 off microsoft.com or another site and put it on a floppy, it shuld work
-  - author: Ashley (Grand Junction Colorado)
-    date: Friday 4th March 2005
-    text: im geting one of these computers off ebay hopefully, i think its just a fun thing to learn dos with and play old games on, im thinkin about finding an atari emulator that will run on it and puting atari games on it, but i guess i can only hope for the best! wish me luck
-  - author: Jesko (Germany)
-    date: Sunday 30th January 2005
-    text: |-
-      "See the "Read More" page of the Compaq Portable 386 - Same Setup diskette as the Portable III"
-
-      Right, but this is not the needed "3.5 Inch Diskette" Version...
-
-      Here I found it:\
-      http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/obsolete_diagnostics.html\
-      (Oh- and you need a DD Disk...)
-  - author: Sylvain Bizoirre (old-computers)
-    date: Monday 10th January 2005
-    text: See the "Read More" page of the Compaq Portable 386 - Same Setup diskette as the Portable III
-  - author: Jeff McCright (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
-    date: Monday 10th January 2005
-    text: Excellent system, although the system battery died on mine and I need the setup disk. Anyone know where I can find a copy?
-  - author: Jakub Offierski (Delft, Holland)
-    date: Wednesday 22nd December 2004
-    text: After reading the review of this machine, I had to have it. And now I do. Very happy with it, though shame I could not obtain an expansion bay. Anyone know where to get these?
   related:
   - /museum/compaq-portable
   - /museum/compaq-portable-386