Ian Scott  🐙Mar 28, 2024
The "Book386" (a Hand386 in the Book8088 case) that I've long wanted was just released (called the Pocket 386)! https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805356267711.html
Show threadvga256Mar 28, 2024
@polpo totally portable
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 28, 2024
@vga256 @polpo You might think you're joking but back around 1998 Toshiba Librettos with this spec used to sell for about ten times the price.
Show threadJxyzn SxyzyxnMar 28, 2024
@cstross @vga256 @polpo Did they do less-than Pentium Librettos?
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 28, 2024
@jxyzn @vga256 @polpo IIRC the first Libretto was a Pentium 50MHz (I had a second-hand one), but there were earlier pocket-sized laptops, all the way to the Atari Portfolio, aka the DIP Pocket PC (an 80C88 from 1989) which ran on 3 AA cells!
Show threadThe Penguin of Evil
@cstross @jxyzn @vga256 @polpo IBM PC110 was a low end 486, so not much difference to the 386 in that. Nokia Communicator started out at 386EX and went up over time.
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Show threadCharlie StrossMar 28, 2024
@etchedpixels @jxyzn @vga256 @polpo Then there's the Psion 3/3a/3c/3MX, which ran on a NEC V30 core with some custom hardware (V30 was a fast 8086 superset), and the Psion 5/5MX, on ARM, which evolved into Symbian unto the later Nokia Communicators (S80). The Atari Portfolio devs previously worked on the Psion 3's predecessor, the Psion Organizer family ...