Pocket 386
Posted by NagateTanikaze@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 20 comments
Got this Pocket 386 from Aliexpress. Pretty cool: preloaded with software, lots of I/O, and with battery.
mr_mlk@reddit
How is the keyboard and does it now have a pointing device? I have the Hand 386 and the lack of onboard pointing device is infuriating.
UnluckyFly9881@reddit
Wow, ist this new? 😲
mr_mlk@reddit
It has been about for a year or so now. I have their previous product (Hand386 - same idea but a worse form factor), it is pretty cool.
NagateTanikaze@reddit (OP)
Yes. Found the website (mostly chinese): https://8086cpu.com/lm4/100.html
UnluckyFly9881@reddit
What a cool device. Thank you so much for showing and expand my horizon! 🤗👍
KitchenLandscape@reddit
I assume typing on it is terrible? is that why you have another keyboard hooked up? lol
z3r0n3gr0@reddit
Ill be installing Mandrake 7.2 on that 386 laptop.
mifuncheg@reddit
I wish they would make 486dx2 version or better. Kinda my sweetspot for dos gaming.
aedinius@reddit
I'd love someone to make a 486dx laptop, slightly larger than these so it can have a usable keyboard. I love my book8088, my only gripe is the tiny tiny keyboard.
AgentOrange96@reddit
Wow, "pocket" isn't wrong. I thought it was a lot bigger. I keep toying with buying their FPGA laptop since I have designed CPUs on Altera FPGAs in the past.
RetroComputeryBits@reddit
You can literally install DOS onto any older laptop and then install Windows 3.11. Much cheaper and easier
NagateTanikaze@reddit (OP)
Sure, but then its not a 386, and not a pocket PC.
Also you wont have a sound card (no sound), or graphics card (only 16 colors). Also software may run a little bit fast...
RetroComputeryBits@reddit
I did it to a Compaq Presario and have most of the drivers working and that cost me £10
majestic_ubertrout@reddit
I'm glad they're no longer loading Windows 95 on them. They're interesting but a bit expensive.
NagateTanikaze@reddit (OP)
Win95 on a 386 makes no sense, even if it would somehow theoretically work. Win 3.11 is very nice
andyburness@reddit
What is doom like on it?
NagateTanikaze@reddit (OP)
Doom comes pre-installed, but is very laggy. Wolfenstein 3D works well.
TNGreruns4ever@reddit
This is pretty neat. What size is the screen?
NagateTanikaze@reddit (OP)
17.5cm (like 7"). Can be switched from 4:3 to 16:9
TNGreruns4ever@reddit
Hmm that's a solid size. It's a 386sx-40.
Could be a fun machine for stuff like Wing Commander, ADOM/Rogue, Ultima/Gold Box RPGs, and Wolfenstein.
What kind of battery life do you get?