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!
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)
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'd rather see someone make a PC with some kind of 486 or Pentium - the best hardware compatible with old DOS games and Windows 95/98. Even in 1994 I remember a 386 was too feeble to run Windows at a nice speed, or many games.
I think, especially as you get towards "newer" vintage systems, the logical conclusion is the same one he reached - if you want a compact portable and you're okay spending a couple hundred dollars, you're probably going to be better off buying something from the time period than anything new that may be sold at that price point.
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Borgzilla@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
I saw this video yesterday. LGR wasn't impressed much. I would probably buy the 386 tablet, though.
AuthorInkwell@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
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!
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y
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)
dekkzz76@emacs.ch · 2 pts · 3y
@AuthorInkwell @suprjami
the only thing they have going is batteries i guess
15 -20 year old hw is gonna likely have dead batteries
iam8bitwolf@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
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?
cosmic_slate@dmv.social · 3 pts · 3y
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
I'd rather see someone make a PC with some kind of 486 or Pentium - the best hardware compatible with old DOS games and Windows 95/98. Even in 1994 I remember a 386 was too feeble to run Windows at a nice speed, or many games.
prokyonid@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 3y
I think, especially as you get towards "newer" vintage systems, the logical conclusion is the same one he reached - if you want a compact portable and you're okay spending a couple hundred dollars, you're probably going to be better off buying something from the time period than anything new that may be sold at that price point.
frozengriever@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
It could be an idea to start with the Mister FPGA which already has a 486 core:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ButwRMclgv0