The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Compaq Computer Corporation

    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/).

   (1995-10-24)