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More portable #retrocomputing philosophizing: Whether a machine has "Instant-On" makes a huge difference in the tasks it's useful for. By this, I mean whether the machine returns to the same program and screen where you left it, when powered back on from inactivity.
Without "Instant-On", the machine demands to be used for long sessions, (else the boot time is too inconvenient) and demands your constant attention (else the power draw of leaving it sitting around powered on is wasted). Using the machine involves clearing your schedule and devoting yourself to it, like reading a book.
Examples of machines without "Instant-On": DOS-era laptops, #Book8088, #GameBoy, #MailStation.
With "Instant-On", the machine is useful for PDA-style quick jottings, grocery lists, etc. It is also useful for fun activities even in circumstances where you are likely to be interrupted.
Examples of machines with "Instant-On": #HP200LX, #HpOmniBook, #PalmPilot, #PocketPC, #TI92 (and other TI calculators), and, of course, smartphones.
While machines in the first category may offer a more immersive experience, they are far less useful to me than machines in the second category. It's like the difference between a luggable and a true mobile computer.
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More portable #retrocomputing philosophizing: Whether a machine has "Instant-On" makes a huge difference in the tasks it's useful for. By this, I mean whether the machine returns to the same program and screen where you left it, when powered back on from inactivity.
Without "Instant-On", the machine demands to be used for long sessions, (else the boot time is too inconvenient) and demands your constant attention (else the power draw of leaving it sitting around powered on is wasted). Using the machine involves clearing your schedule and devoting yourself to it, like reading a book.
Examples of machines without "Instant-On": DOS-era laptops, #Book8088, #GameBoy, #MailStation.
With "Instant-On", the machine is useful for PDA-style quick jottings, grocery lists, etc. It is also useful for fun activities even in circumstances where you are likely to be interrupted.
Examples of machines with "Instant-On": #HP200LX, #HpOmniBook, #PalmPilot, #PocketPC, #TI92 (and other TI calculators), and, of course, smartphones.
While machines in the first category may offer a more immersive experience, they are far less useful to me than machines in the second category. It's like the difference between a luggable and a true mobile computer.
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A few weeks with the Pocket 386, an early-‘90s-style, half-busted retro PC - Enlarge / The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034561 #retrocomputing #pocket386 #windows95 #features #book8088 #ms-dos #intel #tech
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A few weeks with the Pocket 386, an early-‘90s-style, half-busted retro PC - Enlarge / The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034561 #retrocomputing #pocket386 #windows95 #features #book8088 #ms-dos #intel #tech
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Experimentos novos com ingredientes clássicos
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/27/experimentos-novos-com-ingredientes-classicos/
#MundoRetro #Amiga #AmigaPCI #BOOK8088 #ECS #Intel80386SX #MSDOS #Neo6502 #Neo6502pc #OCS #Olimex #OPL3 #PCI #Pocket386 #usb #Windows31 #Windows95
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Experimentos novos com ingredientes clássicos
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/27/experimentos-novos-com-ingredientes-classicos/
#MundoRetro #Amiga #AmigaPCI #BOOK8088 #ECS #Intel80386SX #MSDOS #Neo6502 #Neo6502pc #OCS #Olimex #OPL3 #PCI #Pocket386 #usb #Windows31 #Windows95
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Experimentos novos com ingredientes clássicos
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/27/experimentos-novos-com-ingredientes-classicos/
#MundoRetro #Amiga #AmigaPCI #BOOK8088 #ECS #Intel80386SX #MSDOS #Neo6502 #Neo6502pc #OCS #Olimex #OPL3 #PCI #Pocket386 #usb #Windows31 #Windows95
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Experimentos novos com ingredientes clássicos
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/27/experimentos-novos-com-ingredientes-classicos/
#MundoRetro #Amiga #AmigaPCI #BOOK8088 #ECS #Intel80386SX #MSDOS #Neo6502 #Neo6502pc #OCS #Olimex #OPL3 #PCI #Pocket386 #usb #Windows31 #Windows95
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Experimentos novos com ingredientes clássicos
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/27/experimentos-novos-com-ingredientes-classicos/
#MundoRetro #Amiga #AmigaPCI #BOOK8088 #ECS #Intel80386SX #MSDOS #Neo6502 #Neo6502pc #OCS #Olimex #OPL3 #PCI #Pocket386 #usb #Windows31 #Windows95
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I went on youtube and watched some videos about the #pocket386 (mostly a d00d called retrotester)
it's smaller than the #book8088 which is already slightly too small for me to seriously use.
going to give it a skip. 😑
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So I found an interesting laptop named #Book8088 on #AliExpress.
According to the description and reviews, it's a 80s' #i8088 (V20 to be exact) based #MS-DOS laptop but brand-new and in production!
I would have bought one if I were in that generation. -
The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #Retrocomputing #Book8088 #8088 #V20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #Retrocomputing #Book8088 #8088 #V20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #Retrocomputing #Book8088 #8088 #V20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review - Last year, a couple of rather unusual computers emerged from China: a 386sx-based ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #retrocomputing #book8088 #v20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review - Last year, a couple of rather unusual computers emerged from China: a 386sx-based ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #retrocomputing #book8088 #v20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review - Last year, a couple of rather unusual computers emerged from China: a 386sx-based ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #retrocomputing #book8088 #v20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review - Last year, a couple of rather unusual computers emerged from China: a 386sx-based ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #retrocomputing #book8088 #v20
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The Book8088 Gets a Post-Hype Review - Last year, a couple of rather unusual computers emerged from China: a 386sx-based ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/22/the-book8088-gets-a-post-hype-review/ #retrocomputing #book8088 #v20
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So I've done some testing of this on my #Book8088
and it seems to mount everything the older driver does and is a lot faster.FreddyV #CH375 driver 0.22
(#v20 book8088 can use the 286 optimized version 😁)
VOGONS Vintage Driver Library
https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1991&menustate=0 -
So I've done some testing of this on my #Book8088
and it seems to mount everything the older driver does and is a lot faster.FreddyV #CH375 driver 0.22
(#v20 book8088 can use the 286 optimized version 😁)
VOGONS Vintage Driver Library
https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1991&menustate=0 -
Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released after a dozen years of development #8088, #8088Bios, #Bios, #Book8088, #Intel8088, #OpenSource, #SergeyKiselev
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Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released after a dozen years of development #8088, #8088Bios, #Bios, #Book8088, #Intel8088, #OpenSource, #SergeyKiselev
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Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released after a dozen years of development #8088, #8088Bios, #Bios, #Book8088, #Intel8088, #OpenSource, #SergeyKiselev
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Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released after a dozen years of development #8088, #8088Bios, #Bios, #Book8088, #Intel8088, #OpenSource, #SergeyKiselev
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Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released after a dozen years of development #8088, #8088Bios, #Bios, #Book8088, #Intel8088, #OpenSource, #SergeyKiselev
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a good source of old manuals for 8bit isa cards
https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals.htm
specifically including the #dtk pii-108 #rs232 card thats all over ebay. i needed the manual for the second serial port connector pinout!
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a good source of old manuals for 8bit isa cards
https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals.htm
specifically including the #dtk pii-108 #rs232 card thats all over ebay. i needed the manual for the second serial port connector pinout!
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So I'm trying to get #GEOS #Geoworks running on the #Book8088. tldr not working yet.
10x 360k virtual disks. Extracted the files with dcfr. Won't run like that it has to be installed, almost all the files are actually compressed. The installer will ONLY install from a: or b:
fine. copied the files onto a new sd card that the #book8088 has decided to talk to, once a fat16 partition has been set up.
used SUBST to assign b: to the d:. edited geos.toc to only refer to the one disk 1/2
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So I'm trying to get #GEOS #Geoworks running on the #Book8088. tldr not working yet.
10x 360k virtual disks. Extracted the files with dcfr. Won't run like that it has to be installed, almost all the files are actually compressed. The installer will ONLY install from a: or b:
fine. copied the files onto a new sd card that the #book8088 has decided to talk to, once a fat16 partition has been set up.
used SUBST to assign b: to the d:. edited geos.toc to only refer to the one disk 1/2
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HRurmph
The fanciest printing I can get out of PipeDream 2 or First Choice is early laserjet (pcl).
My CUPS-lpr server doesn't have gpcl on it so no luck there.
Also, when told to print to a file, they both filter out all the escape codes! resulting in a flat text file. d00d i can do that with fold(1) and pr(1)!
Tandy 1000 has wattcp's lpr. Book 8088 has sneakernet! -
HRurmph
The fanciest printing I can get out of PipeDream 2 or First Choice is early laserjet (pcl).
My CUPS-lpr server doesn't have gpcl on it so no luck there.
Also, when told to print to a file, they both filter out all the escape codes! resulting in a flat text file. d00d i can do that with fold(1) and pr(1)!
Tandy 1000 has wattcp's lpr. Book 8088 has sneakernet! -
HRurmph
The fanciest printing I can get out of PipeDream 2 or First Choice is early laserjet (pcl).
My CUPS-lpr server doesn't have gpcl on it so no luck there.
Also, when told to print to a file, they both filter out all the escape codes! resulting in a flat text file. d00d i can do that with fold(1) and pr(1)!
Tandy 1000 has wattcp's lpr. Book 8088 has sneakernet! -
HRurmph
The fanciest printing I can get out of PipeDream 2 or First Choice is early laserjet (pcl).
My CUPS-lpr server doesn't have gpcl on it so no luck there.
Also, when told to print to a file, they both filter out all the escape codes! resulting in a flat text file. d00d i can do that with fold(1) and pr(1)!
Tandy 1000 has wattcp's lpr. Book 8088 has sneakernet! -
HRurmph
The fanciest printing I can get out of PipeDream 2 or First Choice is early laserjet (pcl).
My CUPS-lpr server doesn't have gpcl on it so no luck there.
Also, when told to print to a file, they both filter out all the escape codes! resulting in a flat text file. d00d i can do that with fold(1) and pr(1)!
Tandy 1000 has wattcp's lpr. Book 8088 has sneakernet! -
Oh and another #Book8088 hint from the #RetroHackShack guy:
windows 3 doesn't autodetect mice, you have to go into "control panel" and select the proper mouse...
(and then the book8088 will ask for Windows disk 3, but fortunately will accept D: as a source) 🤗
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Oh and another #Book8088 hint from the #RetroHackShack guy:
windows 3 doesn't autodetect mice, you have to go into "control panel" and select the proper mouse...
(and then the book8088 will ask for Windows disk 3, but fortunately will accept D: as a source) 🤗
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Oh and another #Book8088 hint from the #RetroHackShack guy:
windows 3 doesn't autodetect mice, you have to go into "control panel" and select the proper mouse...
(and then the book8088 will ask for Windows disk 3, but fortunately will accept D: as a source) 🤗
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Oh and another #Book8088 hint from the #RetroHackShack guy:
windows 3 doesn't autodetect mice, you have to go into "control panel" and select the proper mouse...
(and then the book8088 will ask for Windows disk 3, but fortunately will accept D: as a source) 🤗
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Oh and another #Book8088 hint from the #RetroHackShack guy:
windows 3 doesn't autodetect mice, you have to go into "control panel" and select the proper mouse...
(and then the book8088 will ask for Windows disk 3, but fortunately will accept D: as a source) 🤗
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So the retro hack shack guy says the #book8088 bios blocks floppy drives even if a floppy controller is hooked up.
Can anyone confirm?
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So the retro hack shack guy says the #book8088 bios blocks floppy drives even if a floppy controller is hooked up.
Can anyone confirm?
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So the retro hack shack guy says the #book8088 bios blocks floppy drives even if a floppy controller is hooked up.
Can anyone confirm?
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So the retro hack shack guy says the #book8088 bios blocks floppy drives even if a floppy controller is hooked up.
Can anyone confirm?
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So the retro hack shack guy says the #book8088 bios blocks floppy drives even if a floppy controller is hooked up.
Can anyone confirm?
