We know, we know. A lot of you don’t like projects that consist of gutting a vintage computer (or anything else, for that matter) and replacing its internals with modern electronics. But can you ...

As is evident in its corporate name-invented by public relations types to convey the message of big things in small packages-Compaq Computer Corp. got its start in life as a maker of unusually compact ...

Until recently, buying a laptop computer was an exercise in compromise. To get full PC capabilities, including a readable display and a hard-disk drive, you needed a lap the size of Andre the Giant’s.

Meet the famous PC clones that kept IBM on its toes In early 1982, three veterans of Texas-Instruments joined forces to start Compaq, a firm that within a year would produce a groundbreaking IBM PC ...

Despite IBM Corp.’s move to corner yet another niche in the personal computer market by challenging the Japanese with its own line of printers, Big Blue’s competitors are fighting back on the home ...