An LGR review of the Book 8088 and Hand 386, newly-made retro computers on Aliexpress! No emulation here, these are DOS PCs running an 8088 and 386SX process...
Great video! A shame because the moment I first saw them I squeed and said I wanted them! And by the end of it he said that they were both pretty disappointing. ._. Just as well I suppose. But the idea that such a thing is possible still makes me happy!
Same lol. It’s like whenever a company tries to come out with a new, cool looking record player or cassette deck. None of them are particularly good, compared to the older ones, but it’s nice to get that recognition, yknow?
I suspect they were a surprise hit though; they got a lot of press, even aside from the BIOS fracas.
They almost seemed like a joke, someone assembling a bunch of parts-box stuff (see: keyboard with Windows keys? Supposedly the LCD controller hlitches into an OSD mode like it’s off-the-shelf for a TV too) and deciding “hell, let’s sell it.”
It will be interesting to see what they do in terms of a round 2. There’s low-hanging fruit improvements (at least emulate EGA or VGA so we can play Civ 1 or get a decent GeoWorks experience)
Great video! A shame because the moment I first saw them I squeed and said I wanted them! And by the end of it he said that they were both pretty disappointing. ._. Just as well I suppose. But the idea that such a thing is possible still makes me happy!
Same lol. It’s like whenever a company tries to come out with a new, cool looking record player or cassette deck. None of them are particularly good, compared to the older ones, but it’s nice to get that recognition, yknow?
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the only thing they have going is batteries i guess
15 -20 year old hw is gonna likely have dead batteries
I suspect they were a surprise hit though; they got a lot of press, even aside from the BIOS fracas.
They almost seemed like a joke, someone assembling a bunch of parts-box stuff (see: keyboard with Windows keys? Supposedly the LCD controller hlitches into an OSD mode like it’s off-the-shelf for a TV too) and deciding “hell, let’s sell it.”
It will be interesting to see what they do in terms of a round 2. There’s low-hanging fruit improvements (at least emulate EGA or VGA so we can play Civ 1 or get a decent GeoWorks experience)