Compaq: The Best-Selling PC Brand in the Late 1980s and ’90s Posted on January 5, 2023 By Charlielikes #TBT Computers had finally made the jump from taking up a full room to something that could fit on a desk. In 1982, three entrepreneurs founded Compaq to make a portable IBM-compatible PC, they succeeded. Tech Tags:’90s, 1980s, and, best-selling, brand, compaq:, in, late’, pc, tech, technology, the