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Just add a 1TB NVMe and ditch Stacker. /s
How many cylinders, heads and sectors does the 1TB NVMe have?
Bad command or file name.
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
#102The 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.
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Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
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One of the nicest screens I have ever used was on a monochrome ega laptop. Sure, the pixels were huge and slow, but the contrast ratio was really good without it being too bright. It’s hard to explain why it was so good. I suspect it was a bit transflective.
The problem with those old monochrome/greyscale LCDs is that they were horrendous for ghosting. I imagine if you just wanted an old laptop for wordstar or something, they’d be amazing due to their clarity; but I remember trying to play commander keen on them and getting a headache.
Thanks for the flashback! Got my first own computer from my grandfather. It was a 486 laptop with a bulitin trackball and floppy drive. The display was as you described. Movement on the screen was just a blurry mess.
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#104Do they still manufacture 8088 ? Or perhaps someone found some new old stock and got entrepreneurial; I'd love to know the story behind this
Yes, at least the military version appears to still be in active production, but not cheap: https://www.rocelec.com/part/HARMD80C88-2-883 The 8087 too: https://www.rocelec.com/part/REILD8087 I suspect the ones in this laptop are either NOS or recycled, however.
Ouch. "Not cheap" didn't prepare me to see a per unit price of $1,329.27, or $1,222.92 for 1000+ batches.
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#105I just checked, and you can buy a new Intel 8086 on digikey right now: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/rochester-electro... The product is not even marked obsolete.
For $95?? Looks like there are equivalents for $10 available, though.
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#106Just a heads up, it looks like these guys ripped off Serge Kiselev's 8088 BIOS [1]. [1] https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios
Well: 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.
They removed his copyright string from it
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#107I need similar but with at least 386, VGA and a soundcard. For to use this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2
Re: A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB
#108I need similar but with at least 386, VGA and a soundcard. For to use this gem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTracker_2
What a badass program it was!
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#109So 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 :)
465 is a sweet spot for me between being retro and being more capable (e. g. it would allow to run many games from early 90s).
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#110As a nerd of a certain age I’ve been deeply attracted to retro computing. Even going so far as to place bids on 30 year old Atari STs on eBay since that was a computer I had in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. But in recent days, through the use of modern emulators I’ve dabbled in these retro systems and I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re just bad. They are fine for the enjoyment of certain games and reliving or just…
I dunno about the ST but my Amiga 1200 very much has an FPU and and IP network. I would be very surprised if that wasn’t something that you could add to an ST as well.