Compaq Concerto
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The Compaq Concerto was a laptop computer made by Compaq
, introduced in 1992. Compaq Concerto was probably the first Tablet PC manufactured on a larger scale.
The Concerto was not a very successful laptop it did however have some special features: a detachable keyboard, and a pen & touch screen (the touch screen only worked with the special pen). The whole Concerto was in the screen, the keyboard was used as the lid but could be completely removed and then the Concerto was used as a Tablet PC. The pen was connected to the Concerto thru a RF link, there was a compartment in the Concerto for the pen.
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....
, introduced in 1992. Compaq Concerto was probably the first Tablet PC manufactured on a larger scale.
Specifications
The two original Concerto models differed primarily in the processor speed. They ran Windows for PEN Computing version 1, it is a Windows 3.1 with necessary add-ons for a pen.- ModemModemA modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data...
: Internal modem was available as add-on - PCMCIA: one PCMCIA slot
- Docking StationDocking stationA Docking station or port replicator or dock provides a simplified way of “plugging-in” an electronic device such as a laptop computer to common peripherals...
: a Concerto specific docking station was available
The Concerto was not a very successful laptop it did however have some special features: a detachable keyboard, and a pen & touch screen (the touch screen only worked with the special pen). The whole Concerto was in the screen, the keyboard was used as the lid but could be completely removed and then the Concerto was used as a Tablet PC. The pen was connected to the Concerto thru a RF link, there was a compartment in the Concerto for the pen.