The original Apple II computer went on sale in 1977, but enthusiasts are still finding new ways to use the classic computers. Case in point: the A2FPGA is a new peripheral card for Apple II computers that not only lets you hook up any member of the Apple II family to a modern display with […]
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The original Apple II computer went on sale in 1977, but enthusiasts are still finding new ways to use the classic computers. Case in point: the A2FPGA is a new peripheral card for Apple II computers that not only lets you hook up any member of the Apple II family to a modern display with […]
The PasocomMini PC-8801mkIISR is a palm-sized computer that’s designed to look like a classic Japanese computer from the 1980s. Expected to hit the streets in Japan in spring, 2025 for 30,000 JPY (about $200), the little computer doesn’t just look like a tiny NEC PC-8801mkIISR, it should work like one too, as it ships with an emulator that […]
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The PasocomMini PC-8801mkIISR is a palm-sized computer that’s designed to look like a classic Japanese computer from the 1980s. Expected to hit the streets in Japan in spring, 2025 for 30,000 JPY (about $200), the little computer doesn’t just look like a tiny NEC PC-8801mkIISR, it should work like one too, as it ships with an emulator that […]
Enlarge / The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do. Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ran… technically. Just not the later ones that could actually run Windows software.
The Pocket 386 laptop is a lot like the Book 80
Enlarge/ The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
The Book 8088 was a neat experiment, but as a clone of the original IBM PC, it was pretty limited in what it could do. Early MS-DOS apps and games worked fine, and the very first Windows versions ran… technically. Just not the later ones that could actually run Windows software.
The Pocket 386 laptop is a lot like the Book 8088, but fast-forwarded to the next huge evolution in the PC’s development. Intel’s 80386 processors not only jumped from 16-bit operation to 32-bit, but they implemented different memory modes that could take advantage of many megabytes of memory while maintaining compatibility with apps that only recognized the first 640KB.
Expanded software compatibility makes this one more appealing to retro-computing enthusiasts since (like a vintage 386) it will do just about everything an 8088 can do, with the added benefit of a whole lot more speed and much better compatibility with seminal versions of Windows. It’s much more convenient to have all this hardware squeezed into a little laptop than in a big, clunky vintage desktop with slowly dying capacitors in it.
The Pocket 386 is a tiny laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a body that’s small enough that you might actually be able to fit it into a (large) pocket. It’s also a device specifically designed for retro computing. The Pocket 386 gets its name from its 386 SX compatible processor, and […]
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The Pocket 386 is a tiny laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and a body that’s small enough that you might actually be able to fit it into a (large) pocket. It’s also a device specifically designed for retro computing. The Pocket 386 gets its name from its 386 SX compatible processor, and […]
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