[net.micro.pc] Compaq Query

psuvm%csx (04/08/83)

I answered a general query about the PC-compatible portable COMPAQ
recently with a few positive remarks.  Yesterday, my friend said that
one of my BASIC programs doesn't work on his COMPAQ -- it hangs the
system.  I'm quite certain it is my routine to switch from the monochrome
display to the color, which involves POKE-ing a bit in location &H410.

So, if you are going to buy a COMPAQ, make certain any software that
uses the color and monochrome on the PC works as well on the COMPAQ.
Perhaps DOS 2.0 eliminates the problem -- at least at the DOS level
there is a command to switch monitors; is it still done with a poke
from BASIC?

I assume you all saw the COMPAQ review in the latest PC World.

MTHoward.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA (06/13/83)

What kind of experience have people had with the Compaq?  What kind of
things are not compatible?

Thanks,
Michael T. Howard
MTHoward@PARC-MAXC