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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                           COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION

      Pursuant to authority granted to me by the Board of Directors of Compaq
Computer Corporation (the "Corporation") on December 9, 1999, I hereby authorize
and direct:

      That the Corporation shall create a series of unsecured debt securities of
the Corporation, designated as the 7.45% notes due August 1, 2002 (the "2002
Notes") and a series of unsecured debt securities of the Corporation, designated
as the 7.65% notes due August 1, 2005 (the "2005 Notes"), to be issued under the
Indenture dated as of May 2, 2000 (the "Indenture"), between the Corporation and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").

      That the Corporation shall issue and sell to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated, Chase Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
Lehman Brothers Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (collectively, the
"Underwriters"), for resale to the public, up to $275,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the 2002 Notes and $300,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of the 2005 Notes.

      That the 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes shall have the following terms:

      1.    The title of the 2002 Notes shall be 7.45% Notes due August 1, 2002,
            and the title of the 2005 Notes shall be 7.65% Notes due August 1,
            2005.

      2.    The limit upon the aggregate principal amount described in this
            certificate is $275,000,000 for the 2002 Notes and $300,000,000 for
            the 2005 Notes.

      3.    The 2002 Notes and the 2005 Notes shall be issued under the
            Indenture.

      4.    The principal of the 2002 Notes shall be payable on August 1, 2002,
            and the principal of the 2005 Notes shall be payable on August 1,
            2005.

      5.    Subject to the paragraph 10 below, the 2002 Notes and the 2005 Notes
            shall bear interest at an annual rate of 7.45% and 7.65%,
            respectively, from August 4, 2000, payable semiannually in arrears
            on February 1, and August 1, of each year (the "Interest Payment
            Dates"), commencing February 1, 2001, until the principal of the
            2002 Notes or 2005 Notes, as applicable, is paid or made available
            for payment. The interest so payable shall be paid to the persons in
            whose name the 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes, as applicable, are
            registered at the close of business on January 15 or July 15
            (whether or not a business day) next preceding such February 1 or
            August 1, respectively.

      6.    The 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes shall be issued in denominations of
            $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000, in dollars.

      7.    The 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes may be redeemed by the Corporation, in
            whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at a redemption
            price as determined in the Corporation's Prospectus Supplement,
            dated August 1, 2000, to the Prospectus, dated June 16, 2000, and
            filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on
            August 3, 2000 (the "Prospectus Supplement") and in accordance with
            the other terms and conditions described in such Prospectus
            Supplement relating to the Corporation's optional redemption rights.

      8.    The 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes shall not be subject to any optional
            or mandatory sinking fund.

      9.    The 2002 Notes and 2005 Notes shall be initially represented by one
            or more Global Securities (as defined in the Indenture) registered
            in the name of the nominee of the DTC ("DTC"). In addition to those
            circumstances provided in the Indenture, the Corporation may at any
            time and in its sole discretion determine not to have the 2002 Notes
            or 2005 Notes represented by the Global Securities and, in such
            event, will issue individual notes in definitive form in exchange
            for the Global Securities representing such notes. Furthermore, if
            the Corporation so specifies with respect to the 2002 Notes or 2005
            Notes, an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Security
            representing 2002 Notes or

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            2005 Notes, as applicable, may, on terms acceptable to the
            Corporation, the Trustee and DTC, receive individual 2002 Notes or
            2005 Notes, as applicable, in exchange for such beneficial
            interests.

      10.   Without notice to or consent of any holder of 2002 Notes or 2005
            Notes, as applicable, the Corporation may, from time to time and at
            any time, issue and sell additional 2002 Notes or 2005 Notes with
            the same title and terms as set forth above, except that payment of
            interest on such additional 2002 Notes or 2005 Notes shall commence
            on the first Interest Payment Date after the date of issue of such
            additional 2002 Notes or 2005 Notes.

      That the Trustee shall be the registrar and transfer agent for the 2002
Notes and the 2005 Notes and the paying agent of the Corporation for the payment
of the principal of and interest on the 2002 Notes and the 2005 Notes; the
Trustee shall select an Authenticating Agent (as defined in the Indenture); and
the register for the 2002 Notes and the 2005 Notes shall be kept, and notices
and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the 2002 Notes and the 2005
Notes and the Indenture may be served, at the principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York.

      That the form of Underwriting Agreement attached hereto between the
Corporation and the Underwriters relating to the issue and sale of the 2002
Notes and 2005 Notes to the Underwriters be, and the same hereby is approved,
and that the 2002 Notes shall be sold to such Underwriters pursuant to such
Underwriting Agreement at 99.582% of the aggregate principal amount thereof
(representing a discount of .35%), and that the 2005 Notes shall be sold to the
Underwriters pursuant to such Underwriting Agreement at 99.209% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof (representing a discount of .60%); part of the 2002
Notes and 2005 Notes shall be offered to the public at an initial offering price
of 99.932% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2002 Notes and 99.809% of
the aggregate principal amount of the 2005 Notes and part of the 2002 Notes and
2005 Notes shall be offered to certain dealers at a price that represents a
concession not in excess of .20% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2002
Notes and not in excess of .35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2005
Notes; the Underwriters may allow, and those certain dealers may reallow, a
discount not in excess of .125% of the aggregate principal amount of each of the
2002 Notes and 2005 Notes to some other dealers; and the 2002 Notes and 2005
Notes shall be issued and sold under the Corporation's Registration Statement
(file number 333-36750) filed with the SEC on May 11, 2000 and declared
effective by the SEC on June 16, 2000.

Dated as of August 1, 2000

                                    Compaq Computer Corporation

                                    By: /s/ BEN K. WELLS
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                                    Name:   Ben K. Wells

                                    Title:   Vice President and Corporate
TreasurerExhibit 4.3

                                     FORM OF

                           COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION

                      7.45% GLOBAL NOTE DUE AUGUST 1, 2002

NO. 1

      UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO COMPAQ COMPUTER
CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST
COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.

      UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

      COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which
term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the
principal sum of two hundred seventy-five million dollars ($275,000,000) on
August 1, 2002.
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      Interest Rate:  7.45% per annum.

      Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1,
2001. If, however, a payment of interest is due on a day which is not a Business
Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no
interest will accrue for the intervening period.

      Regular Record Dates:  January 15 and July 15.

      Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.

                      [Signature Page To Follow]

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

                              COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION

Dated:  August 4, 2000

                              By _______________________________________________
                                    Name:  Ben K. Wells
                                    Title: Vice President and Corporate
                                           Treasurer

                                    Dated:  August 4, 2000

            [Signature Page to 7.45% Note Due August 1, 2002]

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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:  August 4, 2000

      This is one of the Securities of the series due August 1, 2002 described
in the Indenture referred to in this Security.

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

                              By ___________________________________
                                 Name:  Remo Reale
                                 Title: Vice President

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                           COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION

                      7.45% GLOBAL NOTE DUE AUGUST 1, 2002

1.    PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

      The Company promises to pay the principal of this Security on August 1,
2002.

      The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Security on each interest payment date, as set forth on the face of this
Security, at the rate of 7.45% per annum.

      Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the
Security at the close of business on the preceding January 15 or July 15) on
each interest payment date, commencing February 1, 2001.

      Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid on this Security or, if no interest has been paid, from
August 4, 2000. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.

      The Company will pay interest on overdue principal and, to the extent
lawful, interest, at a rate of 7.45% per annum. Interest not paid when due and
any interest on principal or interest not paid when due will be paid, or
deposited with the Paying Agent for payment, to the Persons that are Holders on
a subsequent special record date, which will be the 15th day preceding the date
fixed by the Company for the payment of such interest, whether or not such day
is a Business Day. At least 15 days before a special record date, the Company
will send to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that sets forth the special
record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.

2.          INDENTURE

      This Security is one of an issue of Securities issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture dated as of May 2, 2000 (as amended from
time to time, the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee. This Security is one of the series of Securities designated 7.45% Note
due August 1, 2002. Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the
Indenture unless

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otherwise indicated. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are
referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all
such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any
inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the Indenture,
the terms of the Indenture will control.

      The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company. In
addition to the Securities, the Company is authorized to issue an unlimited
amount of debt securities in one or more series under the Indenture.

3.    OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; DISCHARGE PRIOR TO REDEMPTION OR MATURITY.

      At any time and from time to time, the Company may redeem the Securities,
in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

X                 100% of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed,
                  or

X                 as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the
                  present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
                  principal on such Securities and interest on such
                  Securities that would be due after the redemption date but
                  for such redemption (not including any portion of such
                  interest payments accrued as of the redemption date)
                  discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis
                  (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
                  months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points,

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest on such
Securities up to, but not including, the redemption date. Certain terms used in
this description of the Company's option to redeem the Securities are defined
below under this section.

      The Company will mail a notice of redemption at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Securities to be
redeemed. Under the Depositary's current practice, if the Company elects to
redeem less than all of the Securities, the Depositary would determine by lot
the Securities to be redeemed. If at the time of a partial redemption,
individual Securities have been issued in definitive form, the Trustee will
select the Securities to be redeemed in a fair and appropriate manner.

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      Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price and accrued
and unpaid interest on the Securities, on and after the redemption date,
interest will stop accruing on the Securities or portions of the Securities
called for redemption.

      In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security
or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

      For purposes of this section "OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; DISCHARGE PRIOR TO
REDEMPTION OR MATURITY" the following terms have the following meanings:

      "Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to the redemption of
Securities on a redemption date, the annual rate equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

      "Comparable Treasury Issue" means, with respect to the redemption of
Securities on a redemption date, the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the
Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

      "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to the redemption of
Securities on a redemption date:

X                 the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for
                  such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest
                  such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or

X                 if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference
                  Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference
                  Treasury Dealer quotations.

      "Primary Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer in New York City.

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      "Quotation Agent" means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the
Company.

      "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (a) each of Merrill Lynch Government
Securities Inc., Chase Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
Lehman Brothers Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and their successors;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary
Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer
and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

      "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and the redemption of Securities on a redemption date,
the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) that such Reference Treasury Dealer quotes in writing to the
Trustee at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day
before such redemption date.

      If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government
Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of and accrued
interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, the Company may in certain
circumstances be discharged from the Indenture and the Securities or may be
discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of the
Indenture.

4.    REGISTERED FORM; DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE.

      The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register
the transfer or exchange of Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The
Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the
Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security or certain portions of a Security.

5.    DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.

      If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding may

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declare all the Securities to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency
default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Securities
automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or
the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require
indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.

6.    AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

      Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Securities may be
amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities. In certain instances,
without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities, including without
limitation, to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.

7.    AUTHENTICATION.

      This Security is not valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent)
signs and dates the certificate of authentication on the other side of this
Security.

8.    GOVERNING LAW.  The Indenture and each Security shall be deemed
to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, except
as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

9.    ABBREVIATIONS.

      Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).

      The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon
written request and without charge.

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      FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto

____________________________________
(INSERT TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME OF ASSIGNEE)

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing _________________________ attorney to transfer said Security on
the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:  __________________________________
Signature:  __________________________________
Signature Guarantee:  ____________________________

      NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond exactly with the
name as written upon the face of the within Global Security in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and must be
guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or
correspondent in The City of New York or by a member of the New York Stock
Exchange.

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                       SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for definitive
Securities or a part of another Global Security have been made:

                                             Principal
               Amount of      Amount of      amount of this
               decrease in    increase in    Global
               principal      principal      Security        Signature of
               amount of      amount of      following such  authorized
Date of        this Global    this Global    decrease (or    signatory
Exchange       Security       Security       increase)       of Trustee

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