Compaq Computer Corporation (company) A US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees and by 1995 had become the largest PC manufacturer.
Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). Compaq was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2004. http://compaq.com/. Last updated: 1995-10-24