<s>
The	O
Compaq	B-Device
Deskpro	I-Device
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
business-oriented	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
manufactured	O
by	O
Compaq	O
,	O
then	O
discontinued	O
after	O
the	O
merger	O
with	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
were	O
produced	O
containing	O
microprocessors	O
from	O
the	O
8086	B-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
the	O
x86-based	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
4	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Compaq	B-Device
Deskpro	I-Device
(	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
several	O
disk	O
configurations	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
XT-class	B-Device
PC	B-Device
equipped	O
with	O
an	O
8MHz	O
8086	B-General_Concept
CPU	O
and	O
Compaq	O
's	O
unique	O
display	O
hardware	O
that	O
combined	O
Color	B-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
graphics	O
with	O
high	O
resolution	O
Monochrome	B-Device
Display	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
considerably	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
the	O
XT	O
and	O
the	O
AT	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
quality	O
text	O
display	O
compared	O
to	O
IBM	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
which	O
were	O
equipped	O
with	O
either	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
Monochrome	I-Device
Display	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
or	O
Color	B-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
hardware	O
and	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
were	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
100%	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
like	O
the	O
earlier	O
Compaq	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
compatibility	O
had	O
given	O
Compaq	O
the	O
lead	O
over	O
companies	O
like	O
Columbia	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Products	I-Device
,	O
Dynalogic	B-Device
,	O
Eagle	O
Computer	O
and	O
Corona	O
Data	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
two	O
companies	O
were	O
threatened	O
by	O
IBM	O
for	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
copyright	O
infringement	O
,	O
and	O
settled	O
out	O
of	O
court	O
,	O
agreeing	O
to	O
re-implement	O
their	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compaq	O
used	O
a	O
clean	O
room	O
design	O
reverse-engineered	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
avoiding	O
legal	O
jeopardy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Compaq	O
released	O
the	O
Deskpro	B-Device
286	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
looks	O
quite	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
PC/AT	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1986	O
,	O
the	O
Deskpro	B-Device
386	B-General_Concept
was	O
announced	O
after	O
Intel	O
released	O
its	O
80386	B-General_Concept
microprocessor	O
,	O
beating	O
IBM	O
by	O
seven	O
months	O
on	O
their	O
comparable	O
386	B-General_Concept
computer	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
a	O
name	O
for	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM-made	O
386DX	B-General_Concept
machine	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	O
PS/2	O
Model	O
80	O
,	O
reached	O
the	O
market	O
almost	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
Tech	O
Journal	O
honored	O
the	O
Deskpro	B-Device
386	B-General_Concept
with	O
its	O
1986	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deskpro	B-Device
386/25	O
was	O
released	O
August	O
,	O
1988	O
and	O
cost	O
$	O
10,299	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
form	O
factor	O
for	O
the	O
Compaq	B-Device
Deskpro	I-Device
is	O
mostly	O
the	O
desktop	O
model	O
which	O
lies	O
upon	O
a	O
desk	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
monitor	O
placed	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compaq	O
has	O
produced	O
many	O
tower	B-General_Concept
upright	O
models	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
highly	O
successful	O
in	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
usually	O
convertible	O
to	O
a	O
desktop	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
SFF	O
(	O
small	B-Device
form	I-Device
factor	I-Device
)	O
desktop	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
produced	O
during	O
the	O
Deskpro	B-Device
's	O
lifetime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deskpro	B-Device
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
Evo	B-Device
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deskpro	B-Device
386	B-General_Concept
:	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
MS-DOS	O
,	O
PC-compatible	O
32-bit	O
computer	O
with	O
386	B-General_Concept
processor	O
.	O
</s>
