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This page covers only the proprietary BIOS developed by Compaq. Other types of BIOSes used by Compaq computers are not covered in this page.

Compaq was one of the earliest developers of BIOS, creating the first instance of its own BIOS firmware in 1983 for the Compaq Portable PC. This was less than a year before the release of PhoenixBIOS, the first commercially available BIOS firmware developed by Phoenix Technologies. Despite this, alongside the availability of other commercial solutions such as AMIBIOS from American Megatrends (now AMI Inc.) and AwardBIOS from Award Software, Compaq continued to develop its own BIOS for many years until it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002. After the acquisition, HP continued to develop and use this BIOS for a few more years (specifically for the HP-Compaq line of computers), until it was discontinued in favor of commercial BIOS solutions and, shortly thereafter, UEFI-based solutions (mostly AMI Aptio).

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	''This page covers only the proprietary BIOS developed by Compaq. Other types of BIOSes used by Compaq computers are not covered in this page.''		''This page covers only the proprietary BIOS developed by Compaq. Other types of BIOSes used by Compaq computers are not covered in this page.''

	Compaq was one of the earliest developers of BIOS, ~~developing~~ the first instance of ~~their~~ own BIOS firmware in 1983 for the Compaq Portable ~~personal computer~~. This was less than a year before the release of [[PhoenixBIOS]], ~~which was~~ the first commercially available BIOS firmware developed by Phoenix Technologies. Despite this, alongside the availability of other commercial solutions such as [[AMIBIOS]] by American Megatrends (now AMI Inc.) and [[AwardBIOS]] by Award Software, Compaq continued ~~developing their~~ own BIOS for many years until ~~their acquisition~~ by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002. After the acquisition, HP continued ~~developing~~ and ~~using~~ this BIOS for a ~~couple~~ more years (specifically for the HP-Compaq ~~series~~ of computers), until ~~discontinuing~~ it in favor of commercial BIOS solutions and shortly ~~after~~, UEFI-based ~~ones~~ (mostly [[AMI Aptio]]).		Compaq was one of the earliest developers of BIOS, creating the first instance of its own BIOS firmware in 1983 for the Compaq Portable PC. This was less than a year before the release of [[PhoenixBIOS]], the first commercially available BIOS firmware developed by Phoenix Technologies. Despite this, alongside the availability of other commercial solutions such as [[AMIBIOS]] from American Megatrends (now AMI Inc.) and [[AwardBIOS]] from Award Software, Compaq continued to develop its own BIOS for many years until it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002. After the acquisition, HP continued to develop and use this BIOS for a few more years (specifically for the HP-Compaq line of computers), until it was discontinued in favor of commercial BIOS solutions and, shortly thereafter, UEFI-based solutions (mostly [[AMI Aptio]]).