@schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agoPocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputingliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down17 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkPocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputingliliputing.com@schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square41fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@tallinkEnglish1•edit-28 days agoI can see people wanting to use retro software, but what surprises me is this being preferable to modern hardware running old software in emulation. Especially a laptop, because I doubt that power management is that amazing on DOS. Maybe there is something out there for which this addresses compatibility problems, but…
minus-square@DannyMac@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 days agoI know, you make valid good points, but people who are interested in purchasing this want to run the software on bare metal.
I can see people wanting to use retro software, but what surprises me is this being preferable to modern hardware running old software in emulation.
Especially a laptop, because I doubt that power management is that amazing on DOS.
Maybe there is something out there for which this addresses compatibility problems, but…
I know, you make valid good points, but people who are interested in purchasing this want to run the software on bare metal.
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