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Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing

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Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing

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Realistically, what can you use this for that's worthwhile?
Cool looking device though.
- You could relive booting up your computer at breakfast to get it ready to use by lunchtime.
  
  If it doesn’t have that hard drive crunch to remind me it hasn’t locked up than I’m not interested.
- You could play Wolfenstein?
  But realistically, I could see this being helpful if you maintain a lot of legacy gear and need to drag around something reliable to test with.
- 40MHz is plenty for doom.
  
  40MHz is plenty for doom.
  Ew, no. Even 386DX-40 is terrible for Doom:
  Doom timedemo 386 DX 40 MHz DOS PC
  486SX-33 is certainly playable, but you really want 486DX2/66:
  Doom Timedemo - 486DX2/66MHz
  Edit: grammar
  Edit 2: These videos are accurate, btw. I upgraded from 386SX-25 to 486SX-33 just for Doom while my friend got the 486DX2/66 Packard Bell. Envy.
  Edit 3: My memory forced me to go back and properly designate the models.
- Retro gaming?
  
  You’d get better performance from an emulator running in a raspberry pi inside that case.
It's cool but why?
- If you have to ask, it's not for you. It's for retro PC enthusiasts
  
  I can see people wanting to use retro software, but what surprises me is this being preferable to modern hardware running old software in emulation.
  Especially a laptop, because I doubt that power management is that amazing on DOS.
  Maybe there is something out there for which this addresses compatibility problems, but...
Ha, just yesterday I've found my Asus EEE. Sounds like a good fit for similar exercise.
The Pocket 386 gets its name from its 386 SX compatible processor, and the system should be able to run MS-DOS and Windows 95, but isn’t going to good for anything much newer than that
Or use your pocket pc capable of anything for that.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=windows+95+on+android
- cries in iPhone
  
  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=windows+95+on+iphone
  Peace?
  
  UTM
For anyone who loves retro PC stuff, I highly recommend LGR on YouTube. His videos are a treat to have in the background, and sometimes to even fall asleep to.
Mmm. Chunky computers and bits.
Much respect for the clever name of the company. I hope younger generations still know about Gulliver's Travels
This is pretty late, they've been out for months. The most recent addition is the Pocket 8086, waiting on mine to get delivered.
It probably doesnt matter to most of you but it has an 8 bit ISA add-on board, meaning its an easy way to test era appropriate components such as Audio and video cards. Great for people more interested in vintage hardware than software.
Seems like they missed a trick... Pocket Pentium. :)
- While cute, it would be false advertising for a 386.
  
  If the point of this thing is to bring back the best of mid-90’s PCs in a compact package, they should have picked the top consumer CPU of the era.
Does it run NetBSD?
It's cool laptop that inspired today's small laptop. Nowadays you can buy something like that with powerful spec & smaller form
- Yes, obviously. You know, I wonder how many instances of Windows 95 you can simultaneously emulate on an Android smartphone? The point is this is for retro PC enthusiasts/hobbyists. For many, emulation just isn't the same experience as running it on real hardware.

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