I didn’t know the chip shortage had gotten this bad. :)
A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
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Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#12No turbo button?
It's an 8088, not a 80286! This one isn't even 16 bit.
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#13Curious. Why do we need an actual 8088? Aren't all x86 processors backwards compatible with 8088/8086? Also last time I checked VGA cards supported legacy modes such as CGA, and EGA (this may not be the case anymore).
Any modern Intel laptop should be able to run the same software, without emulation.
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#14Curious. Why do we need an actual 8088? Aren't all x86 processors backwards compatible with 8088/8086? Also last time I checked VGA cards supported legacy modes such as CGA, and EGA (this may not be the case anymore). Any modern Intel laptop should be able to run the same software, without emulation.
The end goal of this product isn't to run software, it's to hold a piece of history in your hands and play with it and revel in that feeling.
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#15Funny to see planet x3 on the store images, a game made by youtuber 8-bit guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szhv6fwx7GY
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#16I had an HP 200LX that was way cooler than this thing back in the late 90s and ran DOS, Lotus 123, etc.
Still some vintage used ones around:https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m...
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#17It looks like it has a decent keyboard with some travel, edged sides of keys, though despite having six rows lacks PgUp, PgDn, Home and End.
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#18The fact that it appears to use an actual 8088 (and 8087) is somewhat surprising, considering that the whole PC/XT that this model claims to be compatible with could probably be implemented on a single COB like what happened to the NES.
Also amusing is that the keyboard has a Windows key.
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#19So close. But as others mentioned why not something like vga or at least ega and 286? You could still run 80s still but you could then also do a space quest v and some of later Lucas arts games... Which embarrassingly would make it a must have for me even though I own 27 copies of them on GoG and steam and bundle and cd and wherever :)
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#20Curious. Why do we need an actual 8088? Aren't all x86 processors backwards compatible with 8088/8086? Also last time I checked VGA cards supported legacy modes such as CGA, and EGA (this may not be the case anymore). Any modern Intel laptop should be able to run the same software, without emulation.
Any modern Intel laptop should be able to run the same software, without emulation.
Unfortunately not, UEFI-only BIOSes and locked-down bootloaders are a thing today.