Hi Jim, > On May 28, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > *I'm resending (with a few edits/updates) because this message failed > over the weekend due to the SF list server outage > > > You may remember the Book8088 micro-laptop and Hand386 handheld from > last year. I always said I'd buy one if they were the other way > around: a handheld 8088 or a '386 laptop. > > Well, then they started selling the Pocket386 - and I bought one. > > It arrived Friday. I powered it on to make sure it works, and it does. > They've pre-installed some pirated copy of Win95 on there, but I'll > reinstall the whole thing with FreeDOS anyway. :-) > > The Pocket386 only boots from the internal C: drive (a CF card). I > thought I still had a CF card reader (can't find it) so I've ordered a > new one. My plan is to image the CF card from Linux and make a copy, > then use QEMU with that drive image to install FreeDOS, then write the > image to the CF so I can boot the Pocket386 with it. > > I also ordered a PS/2 keyboard, because the built-in keyboard is too > tiny to do real work on. It's 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 (inches).
Having fun with your 386? Does it have sound and does it work under DOS? Where are you Benchmarks?? :-) _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
