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Just a heads up, it looks like these guys ripped off Serge Kiselev's 8088 BIOS [1]. [1] https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios
A) it’s a cheap Chinese device, I’m certain some stolen open source code is the least of its infringements.
B) it’s licensed GPL, if they made no code changes (however doubtful) they didn’t really rip anything off.
A "real hardware" approach to retrocomputing like displayed here appeals to me because it much better captures parts of the experience lost to emulation. Things like insanely low latency thanks to there not being a fractal spiral of hardware and software abstractions sitting between everything. It's much more simple, and you can feel that. That said I'd also like to see some modern advancements brought in… for exampl…
Why not just use an FPGA?
A "real hardware" approach to retrocomputing like displayed here appeals to me because it much better captures parts of the experience lost to emulation. Things like insanely low latency thanks to there not being a fractal spiral of hardware and software abstractions sitting between everything. It's much more simple, and you can feel that. That said I'd also like to see some modern advancements brought in… for exampl…
I'm also bummed out that these sorts of things are all including OPL2/OPL3 Adlib style clones when I'd much rather have Sound Blaster support with the digital audio channel.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I get it, but this is not a piece of history per se. It was manufactured last week. Like any other x86 laptop.
8088 chip does not include FPU, does this laptop has one, otherwise it is going to be very slow.
Seems like a great distraction-free writing machine.
Just a heads up, it looks like these guys ripped off Serge Kiselev's 8088 BIOS [1]. [1] https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios
Boy, does this bring back some good memories of the Toshiba Libretto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Libretto I bought one on the gray market in 1996, and I think I managed to double my money in about 6 months by reselling it within the US. It was supremely handy to have around, but with only one PCMCIA slot you had to choose between wired networking and a CD-ROM drive.
Wow. I haven't thought of these in years. Always wanted one.