Compaq Portable 486

The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1991. It was the last "luggable" or portable computer released under the Compaq Portable series of computers.
The computer was released in several models with different hard disk configurations and in two screen types, a cheaper monochrome version and a more expensive active matrix color version, known as the Compaq Portable 486c. The street price upon its release for with a was for the monochrome version and US$9,999 for the active matrix color version For a model with the price was , for the monochrome version and US$10,999 for the active matrix color version, but was not available until after May 1992.
Both versions are equipped with a socketed Intel 80486DX CPU, DRAM (72-pin SIMM), floppy, (P-ATA), and SCSI port for CD-ROM or tape. On the front of the unit there two dials underneath the PC-speaker to adjust the brightness of the screen and the volume of the PC-speaker. The PC-speaker in the Compaq Portable 486 is unique in that there is a 3.5 mm audio input jack on the side of the unit to allow a third party ISA sound card to pass through its audio output to the PC speaker.
Compaq also released 2 versions of the Compaq Portable 486 with a faster, 66 MHz Intel 80486DX2 CPU, named the Compaq Portable 486/66 for the monochrome version and the Compaq Portable 486/66c for the color version
Compaq also worked with Network General which released branded versions of the Compaq Portable 486 as "Network Sniffers"
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