	compaq cpq expects higher first quarter net compaq computer corp said it expects sales and ings for the first quarter of to be higher than analysts expectations due to strong demand for its products rod canion president and chief executive officer of compaq said he expects sales of over mln dlrs for the period ending march above analysts estimates of mln dlrs he added that ings per share would exceed analysts estimates of as high as cts a share compaq reported ings of mln dlrs or cts a share and sales of mln dlrs for the first quarter the company said demand for its deskpro portable iii and the new compaq deskpro will contribute to the sales increase the initial demand for the recently introduced compaq portable iii and the new models of the compaq deskpro exceeds that of any other compaq personal computers canion said we saw continued demand for our personal computers across the quarter with march being a particularly strong month reuter 
