COMPAQ CANADA UNVEILS NOTEBOOK PROMOTION
By Adnews Staff
Compaq Canada Inc. of Richmond Hill, Ont. will begin a promotion next week that rewards purchasers of the Compaq LTE 5000 notebook with a free Compaq PC Companion personal digital assistant. From March 12 until April 30, buyers of Compaq's LTE 5380 or LTE 5400 notebooks will receive a Compaq PC Companion Model C120 PDA. The LTE 5380 features a 133 Mhz Intel Pentium microprocessor, 16 MB RAM, 2.16 GB hard drive and a 12.1-inch screen. The LTE 5400 includes a 150 Mhz processor, 32 MB RAM, 2.16 GB hard drive and a 12.1-inch screen. The PC Companion features 4 MB read only memory and 2 MB RAM. Banner ads promoting the deal will run for the duration of the promotion in selected daily business publications across Canada. Ammirati Puris Lintas of Toronto handled the ads. Cohn & Wolfe, also of Toronto, is handling PR for the promotion. Compaq Canada Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corp. of Houston, Texas.