A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB • Hacker News Board

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by eckza » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:18 AM UTC

> Unfortunately there’s no information on the battery capacity or battery life, but the little computer works with a 12V/1.5A power supply.

Let's be real for a moment; you wouldn't be getting a true vintage mobile computing experience if you weren't tethered to an electrical socket!

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by G3rn0ti » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:20 AM UTC

jandrese wrote: post #12

repler wrote: post #9

No turbo button?

It's an 8088, not a 80286! This one isn't even 16 bit.

8088 were 16-bit CPUs, it’s just Intel had its memory bus limited to 8 lines.

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by m3kw9 » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:23 AM UTC

Is there a turbo button?

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by neilv » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:23 AM UTC

What they originally looked like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by earthboundkid » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:25 AM UTC

Why 8088? All the good DOS stuff requires at least a 286. You’re pretty much limited to extremely early 80s software with that.

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by bitshiffed » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:26 AM UTC

The creator of this machine also made a palmtop 386 - https://youtu.be/JI71ELzd498 .

They're both beautiful machines!

I found them a couple of days ago, and the 386 was already sold out. I was hoping to eventually pick up one of the 8088s; but it looks like they'll disappear now too.

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by basementcat » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:36 AM UTC

selcuka wrote: post #10

prepend wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not if you have Stacker.

Just add a 1TB NVMe and ditch Stacker. /s

How many cylinders, heads and sectors does the 1TB NVMe have?

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by polpo » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:36 AM UTC

bitshiffed wrote: post #26

The creator of this machine also made a palmtop 386 - https://youtu.be/JI71ELzd498 . They're both beautiful machines! I found them a couple of days ago, and the 386 was already sold out. I was hoping to eventually pick up one of the 8088s; but it looks like they'll disappear now too.

I ordered a HAND 386 before it was removed from sale. The order hasn’t shipped yet and I’m trying to not get my hopes up too much that it will actually ship. I was going to use it was a portable testbench for my RP2040-based ISA card emulation projects.

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by anovikov » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:42 AM UTC

Why so small? 24cm width wtf? Why not a full sized laptop? Screen will be basically invisible, size of a typical smartphone screen. Also 16:9 screen ratio will definitely work poorly with almost all nontrivial DOS apps.

Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB

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Post by navjack27 » Fri, May 19, 2023, 2:45 AM UTC

Would be cool if there was a video out... Would be cooler if it was a 386.